09/16/2025
Welcome to the family, Skogen’s Festival Foods and Hometown Grocers, Inc.! 🛒🎊
Today, Todd Schnuck, Chairman and CEO of Schnuck Markets, Inc. announced plans for the purchase of Wisconsin-based Skogen’s Festival Foods and Hometown Grocers – bringing the companies together under 1939 Group, Inc., which is owned by the family that owns Schnuck Markets.
“Our family is honored to be entrusted with the Skogen family legacy, one that began serving Wisconsin communities in 1946 and continued for decades under the leadership of Dave and Barb, and later, under Mark as CEO,” said Todd Schnuck. “Schnucks, Skogen’s Festival Foods and Hometown Grocers share a strikingly similar set of core values, tracing our success to decades of consistently focusing on the communities we serve, the values we share and the ongoing quest for excellence in grocery retail. With this combination, we’re welcoming more than 8,000 associates to our family, unifying two family legacies and redefining what it means to be a regional grocer.”
A few notes about the purchase:
🛒 All 51 of Skogen’s Festival Foods and Hometown Grocers stores are located in Wisconsin.
🛒 Upon the sale’s closing, the stores will retain their existing banners as well as the estimated 8,000 associates employed.
🛒 42 stores operate as Skogen’s Festival Foods, while Hometown Grocers includes nine stores: Dave's County Market, Denny's SuperValu, Don's Quality Market, Lake Mills Market, Lakewood Super Valu, Super Ron's Food Center, Thompson's County Market, Thorp SuperValu - HGI and Wittenberg Sentry Foods.
🛒 1939 Group’s name honors the year the Schnuck family matriarch, Anna Donovan Schnuck, opened a store in St. Louis.
🔗 News Release Here: schnucks.com/welcometothefamily
