Glen's Markets

Glen's Markets

Type	subsidiary
Industry	Grocery
Fate	converted to Family Fare
Founded	1951 in Gaylord, Michigan
Founder	Glen Catt
Area served	Michigan
Products	Grocery items
Owner	SpartanNash

Glen's Markets was an American supermarket chain. It was a subisidiary of SpartanNash, who converted most of the chain's locations to its Family Fare banner between 2010 and 2014.

History

The first Glen's Market was opened in 1951 in Gaylord, Michigan by Glen Catt, in a store originally known as Vincent's. The store was expanded later in the 1950s, just as Glen's became affiliated Spartan Foods (now SpartanNash). Stores in Kalkaska and Grayling opened in 1956 and 1959. The original Gaylord store was relocated in 1967 and expanded in 1972. By 1981, Glen's operated 11 stores, with a 12th under construction at the time in Rogers City. Catt sold the chain entirely to Spartan in 1999.

Glen's further expanded in 2004 when Spartan consolidated most locations of Traverse City-based Prevo's and the entire Ashcraft's chain into Glen's. In 2012, the Glen's stores in Clare and Marion, both former Ashcraft's, were converted to a new discount brand called Valu Land.

At this point, Spartan also began rebranding Glen's stores to Family Fare. The first to change over was the Midland store, also a former Ashcraft's, in 2010. Throughout 2013 and 2014, Glen's locations increasingly converted to Family Fare, ending with Frankfort and Sault Ste. Marie. The only exceptions were the two locations in Petoskey, where one Glen's store was closed while the other was instead rebranded by Spartan as D&W Fresh Market.