SpartanNash Named Among Nation’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® for Tenth Consecutive Year

Company’s People First mission, excellence in human resources practices and Associate engagement recognized through annual award

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Food solutions company SpartanNash (the "Company") (Nasdaq: SPTN) has been named among the 2022 Best and Brightest companies to Work For^® in the Nation, according to the National Association for Business Resources.

This marks ten consecutive years SpartanNash has been recognized for its commitment to excellence in Associate engagement and human resources practices.

“We are incredibly proud to have been recognized on a national level as a top employer for the past decade,” SpartanNash President and CEO Tony Sarsam said. “Even through a pandemic, supply chain challenges and inflation shifts, we continue to prioritize People First initiatives and strive to cultivate an environment in which our Associates can thrive, not only for themselves, but for their families and our larger communities.”

Organizations in the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For competition are identified and assessed based on categories such as communication, work-life balance, employee education, diversity, recognition, retention and more.

The National Association for Business Resources is a leader for benchmarking employment standards, with over two decades of hosting Best and Brightest competitions. The national program celebrates companies making better business, creating richer lives and building a stronger community as a whole.

The 2022 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For list includes 139 national winners, selected from 1,100 nominations. SpartanNash has also been honored as one of West Michigan’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For since 2013, as well as one of Michigan’s Best and Brightest in Wellness since 2016.

The company will be hosting a National Day of Hiring for a range of retail and distribution center positions later this summer. To learn more about SpartanNash’s culture, benefits and possible career paths, visit careers.spartannash.com.

About SpartanNash

SpartanNash (Nasdaq: SPTN) is a food solutions company that delivers the ingredients for a better life. As a distributor, wholesaler and retailer with a global supply chain network, SpartanNash customers span a diverse group of national accounts, independent and chain grocers, e-commerce retailers, U.S. military commissaries and exchanges, and the Company's own brick-and-mortar grocery stores, pharmacies and fuel centers. SpartanNash distributes grocery and household goods, including fresh produce and its Our Family^® portfolio of products, to locations in all 50 states, in addition to distributing to the District of Columbia, Europe, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Honduras, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Djibouti, Korea and Japan. In addition, the Company owns and operates 148 supermarkets – primarily under the banners of Family Fare, Martin's Super Markets and D&W Fresh Market – and shares its operational insights to drive innovative solutions for SpartanNash food retail customers. Committed to fostering a People First culture, the SpartanNash family of Associates is 17,500 strong and growing. For more information, visit spartannash.com.