Weis Markets Converts 44 Stores

Weis Markets has completed the conversion of 44 grocery stores acquired in three separate deals since August. The supermarket chain recently purchased five Mars Super Market locations in Baltimore County, Md.; 38 Food Lion stores in Maryland, Virginia and Delaware; and a Nell’s Family Market in East Berlin, Pa. These transactions have expanded the company’s footprint into Virginia and Delaware, increasing its store base by 25 percent.

“We are pleased with the timeline and conversion process that took place over the past three months to bring these 44 units on line as Weis Markets stores— all of which are now open and proudly serving their local communities,” noted Jonathan Weis, chairman and CEO of Sunbury, Pa.-based Weis Markets. “This was a tremendous undertaking for our organization, and we are very proud of our associates who helped make it possible.”

The conversion process for the majority of the stores took place during September, October and early November. Weis Markets also interviewed and hired more than 2,000 associates who were previously employed at the acquired locations. The company now operates 204 stores in seven states: Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Delaware and West Virginia.