Kroger to buy 7 Hiller's supermarkets, close 1 - The Detroit News
Kroger of Michigan has agreed to buy all seven Hiller's Market locations in a deal that will close the Commerce Township store in July but keep the remaining stores open. "The only store they will not operate is our location on Union Lake Road in Commerce Township because they have a brand-new store and fuel center directly across the street," Hiller's vice president Justin Hiller said. The other six stores will operate under the Hiller's banner until the sale is finalized in early July, said Ken McClure, consumer communications manager for Kroger of Michigan. "We've been expanding in natural and organic foods, and in local and ethnic food, so our hope is to learn the local and ethnic components that Hiller's is so good at, and merge it with our stores," said McClure, who worked for Hiller's for 20... Founded in 1941 as a downtown Detroit butcher shop, the first Hiller's store opened in Berkley in 1951. The stores feature a large selection of ready-to-eat deli and specialty foods, impressive fish and meat counters, meticulously arranged produce... While most grocery stores stock about 15,000 items, Hiller's stocks upward of 70,000, and strongly emphasizes made- and grown-in-Michigan products, as well as large selections of foods that are not genetically modified and. Source: www.detroitnews.com
