Seaway Food Town, Inc. was a company that operated the Food Town chain of supermarkets and The Pharm chain of discount drug stores in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan. Based in Maumee, Ohio, it was founded in 1948 as a buying and advertising cooperative, incorporated as Seaway Food Town in 1957, and became a publicly traded company in the early 1960s.[2] The company was acquired by Spartan Stores in August 2000.[3]
This article is about the chain of supermarkets formerly located in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan. For other similarly named stores, see Food Town (disambiguation).
At the time of the merger with Spartan, the company operated 47 Food Town supermarkets and 26 The Pharm deep-discount drugstores.[3]
In 2003 Spartan Stores sold or closed all 39 of the Food Town stores.[3][4]
See alsoedit
Rich Iott - CEO of the family firm at the time of its merger
Referencesedit
^"History of Seaway Food Town, Inc. – FundingUniverse". www.fundinguniverse.com. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
^"History of Seaway Food Town, Inc. – FundingUniverse". www.fundinguniverse.com. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
^ abc"Downfall of an institution". Toledo Blade. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
^"Spartan To Close 13 Food Town Stores". WTOL. 6 March 2003. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
External linksedit
Archived site
April 11, 2024
seaway, food, town, company, that, operated, food, town, chain, supermarkets, pharm, chain, discount, drug, stores, northwest, ohio, southeast, michigan, based, maumee, ohio, founded, 1948, buying, advertising, cooperative, incorporated, 1957, became, publicly. Seaway Food Town Inc was a company that operated the Food Town chain of supermarkets and The Pharm chain of discount drug stores in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan Based in Maumee Ohio it was founded in 1948 as a buying and advertising cooperative incorporated as Seaway Food Town in 1957 and became a publicly traded company in the early 1960s 2 The company was acquired by Spartan Stores in August 2000 3 Seaway Food TownCompany typePublicFounded1948Defunct2003HeadquartersUnited StatesNumber of locations73Number of employees4 551 1 ParentSpartan Stores 2000 2003This article is about the chain of supermarkets formerly located in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan For other similarly named stores see Food Town disambiguation At the time of the merger with Spartan the company operated 47 Food Town supermarkets and 26 The Pharm deep discount drugstores 3 In 2003 Spartan Stores sold or closed all 39 of the Food Town stores 3 4 See also editRich Iott CEO of the family firm at the time of its mergerReferences edit History of Seaway Food Town Inc FundingUniverse www fundinguniverse com Retrieved 2020 06 03 History of Seaway Food Town Inc FundingUniverse www fundinguniverse com Retrieved 2020 06 03 a b c Downfall of an institution Toledo Blade Retrieved 2020 06 03 Spartan To Close 13 Food Town Stores WTOL 6 March 2003 Retrieved 2020 06 03 External links editArchived site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Seaway Food Town amp oldid 1185440690, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
