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 A Family Fare store, formerly Glen's Markets, inOscoda, Michigan | |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail /Grocery |
| Founded | 1966 (59 years ago) (1966) inHolland, Michigan, U.S. |
| Founder | Don Koop |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Number of locations | 83 (2022) |
Area served | Michigan,North Dakota,Nebraska,Iowa,South Dakota,Minnesota,Wisconsin |
| Products | Bakery,dairy,delicatessen,frozen foods,grocery,lottery,pharmacy,produce,meats,snack food,liquor,flowers, andWestern Union |
| Services | Supermarket |
| Parent | SpartanNash |
| Website | shopfamilyfare |
Family Fare is an Americansupermarket chain. It was founded in 1966 inHolland, Michigan, and acquired by Don Koop in 1973. The chain was largely located in central-western Michigan for most of its history, with stores in Holland and theGrand Rapids area. It has been owned bySpartanNash (formerly Spartan Foods) since 1999. Family Fare expanded in Michigan in the first decade of the 21st century by acquiring locations from other SpartanNash stores in Michigan, including Great Day, Prevo's, andGlen's Markets. Conversions of other stores in the 2010s expanded Family Fare throughout theMidwestern United States, adding stores inIowa,Minnesota,Nebraska,North Dakota,South Dakota, andWisconsin.
The first Family Fare store opened in 1966 inHolland, Michigan. It was an existing supermarket which was acquired by Don Koop.[1][2] In 1999, the chain was bought by Spartan Stores (nowSpartanNash), and had added locations inByron Center andLowell.[3] Family Fare expanded intoIndiana in the late 1980s with four stores, but closed all four in 1995.[4]
In 2004, Spartan began consolidating most of its nameplates into two brands:Glen's Markets in northern lower Michigan, and Family Fare in southern lower Michigan. This change rebranded three locations of Prevo's Markets in Grand Rapids (which themselves had previously been known as Daane's) to Family Fare, as well as the Great Day chain, while the rest of the Prevo's became Glen's.[5][6]
Spartan expanded Family Fare in 2007 when some locations ofFelpausch were converted (mostly in theBattle Creek, Michigan area), with others becomingD&W Fresh Market instead.[7] Family Fare began expanding into northern Michigan in 2010 when a Glen's (formerly Ashcraft's) inMidland was converted.[8] Starting in 2013, Spartan converted more Glen's to Family Fare;[7] the conversions finished in 2014 withFrankfort andSault Ste. Marie.[9] Other locations were rebranded from D&W Fresh Market around the same time, includingRockford andGrandville.[10][11]
In November 2014, the first locations opened in theFargo, North Dakota metropolitan area through conversions fromEconofoods and Sunmart.[12] Two years later, Family Fare enteredOmaha, Nebraska through the conversion of the No Frills brand.[13] Further conversion from Econofoods in 2018 resulted in the chain's first stores inMinnesota.[14]
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