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Marsh Supermarkets
On September 27, 2006, Sun Capital Partners announced that its affiliate MSH Supermarkets had completed the acquisition of the Midwestern grocery retailer Marsh Supermarkets.
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Outcomes researched
Reviewed operating findings or a classified operating outcome are available.
Record updated Oct. 11, 2026
Current ownership
Current owner not established
This record does not identify a current owner. That absence is a gap in the record, not a conclusion about ownership.
1 ownership record has an unresolved current/former status.
Ownership and transaction history
Chronology from recorded ownership periods, transactions and reviewed outcome events. Event order does not imply causation.
July 8, 2017
Operations ceased
Operating outcome
Date not recorded
What happened under and after ownership
Operating outcome
No longer meaningfully operating
Filed for bankruptcy in May 2017; remaining stores closed or were sold individually by July 8, 2017.
A Kroger subsidiary bought 11 former locations and Fresh Encounter bought 15 more, both converting them to their own banners; no business operates as Marsh.
- Founded
- 1931
- Peak headcount
- 14,300
- Sponsor at closure
- JT Grocery Consulting LLC
- Indianapolis Business Journal · wind-down timeline, store counts, Kroger/Fresh Encounter purchases
- Wikipedia · founded 1931 in Muncie, Indiana
- Encyclopedia.com · employee count of 14,300 in a mid-2000s company profile, the highest figure found across editions of the entry
- Indianapolis Business Journal · Sun Capital Partners sold controlling interest (voting/control rights) in Marsh to newly formed JT Grocery Consulting LLC on March 24, 2017, before the May 12,
Sources and evidence
Other recorded sources
Public provenance attached to an entity, ownership or bankruptcy record.
- R1Klaff Realty, together with JV partners, acquires Marsh Supermarkets for $325 million in a deal led by Sun Capital Partners
Sun Capital Partners announcement republished by transaction participant Klaff Realty · Company announcement · Sept. 27, 2006
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What we do not know
These are gaps in the public record, not findings about the organization.
- No current public ownership assessment has been published.
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