Nash Finch Company Opens Family Fresh Market® Store in St. Peter, Minnesota
27 July 2013 - 3:00AM
Business Wire
Nash Finch Company (Nasdaq: NAFC), a Minneapolis-based food
distributor, announced today that ribbon cutting festivities for
the new Family Fresh Market® will be held on Tuesday, July 30th at
9:00 a.m. at 612 South Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter. This store
will mark the fifth Family Fresh Market® location, which deliver
the freshness and quality you expect from a gourmet store, but at
an affordable price.
The Market Wine & Spirits, a standalone liquor store right
next to the new Family Fresh Market®, also opened in late June. The
store features easy, convenient parking; an expanded selection of
wine and spirits; and a walk-in beer cave with over 100 varieties
of perfectly chilled beers. Store hours for The Market Wine &
Spirits are 8:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. Monday thru Saturday.
“We are excited to bring the Family Fresh Market® shopping
experience to the community of St. Peter, MN,” said Tom Swanson,
Senior Vice President, Retail Operations. “We designed our Family
Fresh Market® format to offer our customers incredibly fresh and
high quality products such as produce, meat, seafood, natural and
organic in a price competitive format. We believe healthy eating
should not be punitive and we strive to offer our customers the
offerings they want without the gourmet shop price tag,” continued
Swanson.
Some highlights of the ribbon cutting event for the Family Fresh
Market® in St. Peter include: a $5,000 cash donation and over 6,500
pounds of Our Family® food to local community Food Banks; book
donations to local schools via Nash Finch’s Feeding Imagination
program; live musical entertainment; refreshments; and guest
appearances by Lewis the Bookworm and Minnesota Twins alumni Tony
Oliva.
“Customers will be pleasantly surprised with our renovations and
department expansions throughout their new Family Fresh Market®. In
addition to the renovations, we are thrilled to have an on-site
Dietitian during select hours that will be able to assist shoppers
in healthy eating choices. The Registered Dietician will lead
the Well Balanced™ program that provides our guests a wonderful
service focused on good nutrition and health,” said Steve Guimond,
Store Manager.
Nash Finch Company is a Fortune 500 company and one of the
leading food distribution companies in the United States. Nash
Finch’s core business, food distribution, serves independent
retailers and military commissaries in 36 states, the District of
Columbia, Europe, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Azores, Bahrain and Egypt.
The Company also owns and operates a base of retail stores,
primarily supermarkets under the Econofoods®, Family Thrift
Center®, AVANZA®, Family Fresh Markets®, Bag 'n Save®, No Frills®,
and Sun Mart® trade names. Further information is available on the
Company's website at www.nashfinch.com.
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