Marsh Supermarkets
Sun Capital acquired Marsh in 2006, loaded it with debt, failed to invest in stores. The chain deteriorated and all stores closed or were sold off by 2017. Another Sun Capital retail casualty.
- FOUNDED
- 1931
- ACQUIRED
- Sun Capital Partners, 2006, $88 million
- IMPACTS
- 1 documented
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Marsh Supermarkets founded
Acquired by Sun Capital Partners for $88 million
Marsh Supermarkets liquidated after Sun Capital loaded debt and neglected stores
HighClosure / BankruptcySun Capital acquired Marsh in 2006, loaded debt, and failed to invest in modernizing stores. The chain deteriorated steadily until all locations closed or were sold by 2017. ~3,400 jobs lost. Another Sun Capital retail casualty.
Marsh Supermarkets Closing Remaining Stores
Before / After
Store count
reported 2017
before 117 stores
after 0 (all closed/sold)
-100%
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