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Thorne’s Markets closes all stores: Report

Ohio independent expected to file Chapter 11

Jon Springer, Executive Editor

January 26, 2017

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Thorne’s Markets, an independent supermarket operator located in Salem, Ohio, closed all of its stores on Friday and was expected to file for bankruptcy protection, local reports said.

Thorne’s operated four stores under the Thorne’s Bi-Lo, Coffy’s Supermarket and Thorne’s Market banners. The family-run company was founded in 1972, according to its website. It closed two Thorne’s stores in Oil City, Ohio, late last year.

According to a report in the Star Beacon newspaper, union workers at Thorne’s Bi-Lo store in Jefferson, Ohio, were informed late last year the company had not made its last two months of union insurance premium payments, causing the policies to lapse near the end of November.

A representative of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 880, which represented the workers, was not available for comment.

Thorne’s was not available for comment.

About the Author

Jon Springer

Executive Editor

Jon Springer is executive editor of Winsight Grocery Business with responsibility for leading its digital news team. Jon has more than 20 years of experience covering consumer business and retail in New York, including more than 14 years at the Retail/Financial desk at Supermarket News. His previous experience includes covering consumer markets for KPMG’s Insiders; the U.S. beverage industry for Beverage Spectrum; and he was a Senior Editor covering commercial real estate and retail for the International Council of Shopping Centers. Jon began his career as a sports reporter and features editor for the Cecil Whig, a daily newspaper in Elkton, Md. Jon is also the author of two books on baseball. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English-Journalism from the University of Delaware. He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. with his family.

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