The Save Mart Companies exits distribution business, links with C&S

By Catherine Douglas Moran
Source: Grocery Dive

The Save Mart Companies is exiting the distribution business and partnering with C&S Wholesale Grocers, a company spokesperson wrote in an email to Grocery Dive.
The regional grocer, which runs the Save Mart, Lucky and FoodMaxx banners, is closing two distribution centers in California this fall, which will impact 527 workers, according to WARN notices.
The Save Mart Companies said it recently sold Smart Refrigerated Transport, the company’s Lathrop, California-based distributor, to C&S, saying the sale was part of “a larger supply chain optimization strategy designed to provide customers with more competitive pricing, enhanced product assortment, and an overall improved shopping experience.”