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Village Pantry operates 146 convenience stores throughout Indiana and Ohio providing a broad selection of grocery, deli, and bakery items.
As part of a deal announced earlier this week, Sun Capital Partners Inc., a leading private investment firm, said it has completed the sale of its investment in VPS Convenience Store Group, an operator of 161 convenience stores in four Midwest states, to GPM Investments LLC...The affiliate previously completed the sale of 263 southeastern stores in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia to GPM in 2013. Based in Wilmington, N.C., VPS operates convenience stores throughout Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Illinois under the Village Pantry and Next Door Stores brands. These stores offer retail convenience items, including fuel, and many also offer franchise food offerings including Subway, Chester's Fried Chicken, Noble Romans and Hunt's Brothers Pizza.
Village Pantry's headquarters on the northeast side of Indianapolis is closing as a result of an office consolidation between the convenience store operator and another in North Carolina, both owned by Sun Capital Partners Inc. The merger of accounting and administrative functions will take Village Pantry CEO Mick Parker and at least nine other executives to Wilmington, N.C., where Worsley Cos. is headquartered. Worsley operates 210 Scotchman convenience stores in North Carolina and South Carolina. Village Pantry has 190 stores in Indiana and Ohio.
Marsh Supermarkets Inc., Yorktown, has move into the rapidly-growing "Convenience store" field with the announcement of a new Village Pantry Division... the first store will be built in Muncie. The stores are to be located in Indiana and Ohio in the general geographical area now served by its 63 supermarkets.Alternate Link via NewspaperArchive.com.
Marsh is a leading multi-format food retailer in Indianapolis and surrounding markets, operating 116 supermarkets, 154 convenience stores, and other catering and retail businesses under such well-recognized brands such as Marsh Supermarkets, LoBill Foods, Village Pantry, Crystal Food Service, and Enflora
Sun Capital Partners, owner of Marsh Supermarkets Inc., will break off its Village Pantry subsidiary to create a separate business unit. Both businesses will continue to be owned by Florida-based Sun Capital Partners. The Village Pantry convenience store chain was a long-time a subsidiary of Marsh. Marsh operates 105 groceries, while Village Pantry runs 148 convenience stores. According to a company press release, Village Pantry offices will remain in Marsh's Fishers headquarters, but its managers will report directly to Sun. Sun also announced new leaders for Village Pantry. The CEO will be Mick Parker, a former regional vice president for the Circle K convenience store chain.
