Spartan Stores Ratifies 3-Year Labor Agreement with Warehouse & Transportation

Spartan Stores, Inc.,

a leading regional grocery distributor and retailer, announced today the ratification of a three-year labor agreement with the warehouse, transportation and maintenance bargaining unit associates at its Grand Rapids distribution center. The local bargaining unit associates were previously working under an approved one-year contract extension of a five-year labor agreement which expired in October 2011.