Marsh Supermarkets
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| Industry | Retail (Grocery) |
| Founded | 1931 in Muncie, Indiana |
| Founder | Ermal Marsh |
| Headquarters | Indianapolis, Indiana |
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Number of locations
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60 (May 1, 2017) |
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| Products | Grocery |
| Owner | Sun Capital Partners |
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Number of employees
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9,000 |
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| Website | www |
Marsh Supermarkets is a retail food chain headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, with stores throughout Central Indiana and parts of western Ohio (including metropolitan Cincinnati). Its parent company is Sun Capital Partners, headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.
Founded in 1931 in Muncie, the company went public in 1953 and has since grown to 97 locations. Of the 97 locations, 69 are marketed as Marsh Supermarkets, three are O'Malia's Markets and 25 are the MainStreet Market banner. The company's founder, Ermal Marsh, was able to hold together his first store throughout the Great Depression and World War II. After the war ended, Ermal expanded his store into "Marsh Foodliners" and created the first supermarket in Muncie.
In 1952, Ermal had built the first warehouse distribution center for Marsh Supermarkets in Yorktown, Indiana. Within that same year, Marsh stores also introduced their own popular brand of ice cream. In 1953 when the company went public, Ermal had an operation of 16 Marsh Supermarkets.
In August 1956, the first store in the state of Ohio was opened through the acquisition of a pre-existing store in Van Wert, Ohio, and was quickly followed a few months later by the opening of a newly constructed store in Greenville, Ohio, in October.
Ermal Marsh died near the city of Logansport, Indiana in an August 1959 airplane crash; his brother Estel succeeded him as company president.
Under Estel Marsh, the name of the company was changed from Marsh Foodliners to Marsh Supermarkets in 1960.
Adapting to a rising trend, Marsh Supermarkets decided to open a new wave of convenience stores across Indiana. In 1966, the very first Village Pantry store and gas station was opened.
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