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Martin’s Super Markets to be Sold to SpartanNash

11.20.18

Simpson Thacher is representing Martin’s Super Markets, Inc. in its announced sale to the SpartanNash Company. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Martin’s Super Markets is a leading family-owned and operated Midwest independent supermarket chain. Founded in 1947 and headquartered in South Bend, Indiana, Martin’s owns and operates 21 stores in Northern Indiana and Southwest Michigan with approximately 3,500 employees. SpartanNash is a Fortune 400 company whose core businesses include distributing grocery products to a diverse group of independent and chain retailers, its corporate owned retail stores and U.S. military commissaries and exchanges, as well as premier fresh produce distribution and fresh food processing.

The Simpson Thacher team includes Marni Lerner and Erika Tang (M&A); Larry Moss and Ashlie Lawton (Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits); Dmitry Zelik (Tax); Krista McManus (Real Estate); Lori Lesser (Intellectual Property); and Mike Isby (Environmental).