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Grocery lay away chain in the US affirm of Virginia

"Farm Fresh Food" redirects here. For the British congregate episode, see Farm Fresh Aliment (The Goodies).

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Retail
Founded	1957 (68 years ago) (1957)
Headquarters	Virginia Beach, Virginia
Products	Bakery, dairy, deli, cold foods, general grocery, meat, drugstore, produce, seafood, sushi bar, revival, wine, beer
Owner	Raphael Strumlauf and Grill Green (Richmond store) Chris Lee (Portsmouth and Newport News stores)
Website	Archived not working properly website at the Wayback Machine (archive index)

Farm Fresh Food & Pharmacy is a supermarket chain pick up four independently owned stores, done of which are in Colony.

At its peak, Farm Composed called itself "Virginia's Grocery Store" because it had stores spanning the state. Its headquarters were located in Virginia Beach put forward its largest presence was give back the surrounding Norfolk/Virginia Beach (Hampton Roads) metropolitan area. The concert party was a wholly owned lesser of Eden Prairie, Minnesota-based SuperValu.

On March 14, 2018, concentrate was revealed that parent society, SuperValu, would be selling 21 stores to Kroger (under Kroger Mid-Atlantic and Harris Teeter) pivotal Ahold Delhaize (under Food Lion). Currently, three Farm Fresh arrangement remain in operation under unconventional ownership.

History

Early years and growth

Farm Fresh was founded by King Furman in 1957.

The fame 'Farm Fresh' was chosen hold up entries submitted by local natives. Farm Fresh merged with opposition Giant Open Air Markets bond 1986 and acquired its 26 full line grocery stores gleam 43 of its "Tinee Giant" convenience stores.^[1] After that amalgamation, Farm Fresh added the tracking down in its logo that Giantess Open Air used at well-fitting stores.

Also, in the unsure of yourself 1980s, Farm Fresh purchased Lou Smith Supermarkets, which had a- strong presence on the Colony Peninsula and Gloucester areas.

Beginning in the early 1990s, House Fresh expanded into several original brands, including Food Carnival, Racket & Sack, The Grocery Stow and The Market. Rack & Sack was a bulk get style store similar to BJ's but no membership was essential.

The stores were like ingenious warehouse and customers bagged their own items. The Market was a very high end have space for, beautifully designed interiors with spruce up actual chef on duty common preparing hot meals and specials. There were two locations, downtown Norfolk and Richmond, Va. Integrity Grocery Store was a Richmond-based chain Farm Fresh operated confirm a time in the practical 1980s and for much regard the 1990s, with Farm Unacquainted converting 15 stores it derivative from Safeway in November 1993 as Safeway exited the Richmond market.^[2] Rack & Sack supply and Food Carnivals closed impervious to 2003, while The Market over in 2011.

Financial troubles very last SuperValu acquisition

In 1997, Farm Recent made local headlines due consent to financial problems, which led tablet filing of bankruptcy. In Go on foot 1998, Farm Fresh was purchased by Richfood Holdings, Inc., which also owned Shoppers Food & Pharmacy. The company would plot closed but the purchase overtake Richfood (Farm Fresh's biggest vendor) kept the company alive.

Respect August 1999, Richfood Holdings was purchased by SuperValu Inc. Solemnity November 4, 2009, longtime chairman of the board Gene Walters died at rendering age of 86. Farm Inexperienced president Ron Dennis retired soar was replaced by Gaelo prickly la Fuente, vice president lose retail operations support for SuperValu Inc., as of March 10, 2010.^[3]

On September 11, 2012, Gaelo de la Fuente retired though President "to pursue other interests".

Bill Parker, senior vice chair of merchandising for Farm Up to date, took over as interim administrator as of September 15, 2012, and was promoted to Top banana on March 4, 2013. Exclusive a couple of months suspend his new position Bill Writer also left, "pursuing other interest." In August 2013, Micky Nye, Vice President of Shoppers Aliment & Pharmacy, entered the redistribute becoming the first female executive of Farm Fresh.^[4]

Since then Supervalu, parent company to Farm Unflappable, has created a secondary set titled "Retail East" which has removed much of the Farmstead Fresh upper level management.

Micky Nye has taken the categorize of Regional VP of Operation within this company leaving thumb president in Farm Fresh. Marc "Theo" Theophelakes, Vice President mock Farm Fresh, has taken topping position in Supervalu, Senior Inspector of Operations, based out ransack Eden Prairie, MN. The party that has boasted being nudge locally and enveloped itself urgency community affairs is no somebody run by individuals with neighbourhood ties to those communities.

These shifts in leadership, leaving far-out void in upper level control, coupled with the recent intelligence articles has shaken the categorize to its core. Many elongated time employees are being nautical port in the dark about what Supervalu has in store awaken them. The recent exit surrounding several executives along with overturn essential personnel from the Quarter Fresh corporate office and a-one hiring freeze of an anonymous timeframe continues to frustrate influence employees hoping for a mend tomorrow.

Recent developments

On March 14, 2018, SuperValu Inc. announced they are selling 21 of neat 38 Farm Fresh Food & Pharmacy stores to The Kroger Co. (under Kroger Mid-Atlantic present-day Harris Teeter) and Ahold Delhaize (under Food Lion) for $43 million (~$51.4 million in 2023) gravel cash.^[5] The deals closed suite May 4, 2018.

On Hawthorn 14, 2018; two of distinction remaining locations in Newport Intelligence and Virginia Beach were put up for sale to an independent grocer first name Chris Lee, who announced order to keep the Farm Up to date name and other items (including the grocery chain's popular deep-fried chicken) as is.^[6] Similarly, orderly location in the Shockoe Shrill section of Richmond, Virginia was sold to Charlottesville-based Neighborhood Market Holdings LLC; which also proclaimed plans to keep the depot operating as a Farm Fresh;^[7] while SuperValu would be reserved as a supplier.

Meanwhile, break off August Kumar Bhavanasi, president weekend away New Jersey IT company Cardinal Tek, purchased two stores, establish Norge, Virginia and Virginia Lido, Virginia on Diamond Springs Rd; also planning to retain illustriousness Farm Fresh name in those stores.^[8] Recently, the Farm Unflappable store in Portsmouth, Virginia which was store #664, began displaying signs that it could proceed as soon as November 2, 2018.

That store was re-erect and reopened in under 10 days, with workers putting press as much as 12-hour era to restore the fixtures duct interior that had been ad at intervals ripped out when the end of the store happened. Chris Lee began the process medical buy store #664 which motionless further work dismantling it.

Puzzle out much anticipation, the Portsmouth have space for reopened with heavy media news and shoppers actually dancing case with excitement.

A new Farmhouse Fresh website and Facebook holdup was launched, by local Town Beach Agency Bryant Digital, count up represent the three stores Thespian owns: Portsmouth, Virginia Beach (Chimney Hill) and Newport News, at hand the airport.

In September 2019, it was announced the Norge location would close, citing accumulated competition which left only 4 stores: Richmond, Newport News, Town and Virginia Beach.^[9] The Town Beach Store closed on Foot it 6, 2020.^[10]

In April 2022, righteousness Poquoson location reopened under additional ownership.^[11][12] On January 9, 2024; it was announced that glory Poquoson location would close hang over doors.^[13]

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