Kroger plans timely job fair amid Marsh's closing spree
Kroger said it didn't plan the event to take advantage of the Marsh closings, but it welcomes the local grocery chain's former employees. The grocer is looking to fill more than 300 positions.
View ArticleUPDATE: Marsh Supermarkets files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
The struggling grocery chain announced the move Thursday morning as it seeks a buyer for all or some of its remaining 44 stores.
View ArticleMarsh bankruptcy documents show Sun Capital no longer in control
Sun Capital Partners has relinquished controlling ownership of Marsh Supermarkets to a limited liability company that plans to sell the assets of remaining stores at auction a month from now,...
View ArticleExperts: Marsh purchase doomed from start
In 2006, when Sun Capital Partners bought Marsh Supermarkets, the bet looked risky at best.
View ArticleMarsh incentive plan awards key employees if stores are sold
The plan, approved by a bankruptcy judge, allows 10 employees to collectively receive up to $1.1 million in bonuses if certain conditions of a sale are met.
View ArticleLandlord's Marsh bet leaves trail of foreclosures
Landlords across Indiana are feeling the pain from the collapse of Marsh Supermarkets, but none more so than a Canadian firm that had as many as 12 of the grocer’s stores in its portfolio.
View ArticleKey deadline in Marsh sale passes without suitor surfacing
The deadline was Monday for the company to identify a so-called stalking horse bidder, which would make an initial offer for the grocer's assets that any other suitor would have to beat. Bidders for...
View ArticleUPDATE: Marsh reports 'numerous bidders' for remaining stores
Fishers-based Marsh Supermarkets has received offers for at least some of its remaining 44 stores “from numerous bidders,” the company said Wednesday evening, less than two hours after the bid deadline...
View Article'Numerous bidders' pursue Marsh stores, likely setting stage for auction
The Fishers-based company would not provide details on the offers, which it is evaluating with creditors. The fate of its 44 remaining stores likely will be determined next week.
View ArticleMarsh locations slated for purchase by Ohio grocers include 12 in central...
The 26 stores that the Kroger and Fresh Encounter chains have agreed to acquire span Indiana, as well as four cities in Ohio. Here's the whole list.
View ArticleProposed Marsh store sales set table for downtown free-for-all
For decades, Marsh Supermarkets has had a lock on the downtown grocery market. Proposed store sales disclosed Tuesday, combined with the impending opening of Whole Foods, set the stage for three-way...
View ArticleCVS, owners of Lockerbie Marketplace object to Marsh store-sale plan
CVS wants to prevent buyers from operating pharmacies. Lockerbie Marketplace's owners say Fresh Encounter has failed to demonstrate it has the financial wherewithal to "fully perform" under the Marsh...
View ArticleCVS, suitors for Marsh stores agree to settlement, helping clear way for sale
Under the agreement, prospective store buyers Kroger and Fresh Encounter would be able to operate pharmacies at the locations much sooner than rival CVS expected.
View ArticleGoing-out-of-business sales start Thursday at 18 Marsh stores
Sales to liquidate inventory at the 18 stores that weren't sold at auction to other grocers this week could last until early July, said a Marsh spokesman.
View ArticleNovel layout complicated effort to find Marsh buyers for some stores
Rather than featuring long, tall aisles like traditional groceries, the new-format stores featured a courtyard in the center with a dozen “boutiques” around the perimeter, each selling a certain...
View ArticleKroger lays out plans for 11 former Marsh grocery stores
Kroger said it will first focus on reopening seven of the stores, spending $20 million on renovations.
View ArticleCity to steer $500K into grocery development in low-income areas
The Hogsett administration plans to use federal grant funding to stimulate the development of one or more grocery stores and help eliminate food deserts.
View ArticleFourteen former Marsh groceries to convert to Needler's Fresh Market brand
The newly created moniker is a nod to the Needler family of Findlay, Ohio, third generation grocers. The former Marsh stores are owned by Michael Needler Jr. and his sister, Julie Needler Anderson.
View ArticleDiscount grocer Aldi coming to former Marsh site in Nora
The Marsh closed in April 2017 as the grocer teetered toward bankruptcy. Meanwhile, Aldi is on a tear with its plans to modernize existing stores and open new ones.
View ArticleQ&A: Kroger manager ‘came with the building’
When Marsh moved Larry Schultz out of its Mass Ave store years ago, customers threw a fit. Kroger was smart enough to make him manager of its new downtown store.
View ArticleKroger drops plan to build massive Marketplace store in Fishers
The Cincinnati-based grocery chain instead is opting to renovate a much smaller existing grocery across the street from where the proposed store would have been built. The decision leaves a massive...
View ArticleWind-down of Marsh Supermarkets paints ugly financial picture
Tens of millions of unsecured claims will go unpaid when the Indianapolis-based grocery chain completes its liquidation in bankruptcy court.
View ArticleKroger's strategy leaves some Marsh sites in limbo
Since the grocer bought seven former Indianapolis-area Marsh stores last July, it has reopened only a three.
View ArticleFormer Marsh store in Castleton area lands new tenant
Jane Pauley Community Health Center plans to fill about a third of the space, which was vacated by defunct grocery chain Marsh Supermarkets in May 2017.
View ArticleTrampoline park to occupy former Marsh store in Noblesville
Urban Air Adventure Park has leased 34,000 square feet of a building left vacant in 2017 by Marsh Supermarkets.
View ArticleNeedler's Fresh Market to close Indianapolis store
Fresh Encounter Inc. purchased 15 former Marsh Supermarkets locations in 2017 and renamed all but one of them Needler's Fresh Market. Now, the Geist location is closing for good.
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