van til type subsidiary of central grocers cooperative industry retail grocery founded 1959 1 headquarters highland indiana u.s. number of locations 38 key people david wilkinson president keith bruxvoort vice president of finance jeff strack vice president of operations products grocery dairy frozen organic produce deli meat bakery floral alcohol general merchandise website strackandvantil.com strack & van til is a grocery store chain and subsidiary of central grocers cooperative with locations in northwest indiana and the chicago area illinois . stores operate under the banners of strack & van til ultra foods and town & country food market . contents 1 history 1.1 founding 1.2 expansion 2 references 3 external links history edit founding edit in 1930 meinhard nissen and ernie strack opened the royal blue grocery store in downtown griffith indiana . their partnership lasted until 1943 . in 1946 strack built an additional store . in 1936 nick van til a grocery delivery boy entered into a partnership with his employer . his partner later sold him the store . van til grew the business by adding many product lines and opening earlier in the day . in october 1960 ernie strack and nick van til partnered and opened their first strack & van til in highland indiana . 2 strack & van til has grown to be one of the leading grocery chains in the chicago metropolitan area 3 2 expansion edit by 2012 the chain reached 30 stores . on november 27 2012 it was announced that strack & van til would purchase seven stores from wiseway supermarkets . wiseway supermarkets started in gary indiana in 1940 . before the acquisition it operated eight stores in the region under the name wiseway and paylow . wiseway supermarkets retained ownership of one store located in winfield indiana . both wiseway and strack s are supplied by central grocers cooperative . 4 wiseway stores in chesterton hobart and valparaiso were rebranded as strack & van til while paylow stores in gary and merrillville were rebranded as ultra foods . as a result of the acquisition one ultra foods location was closed . it was located across from one of the acquired stores . by 2014 the chain had 38 stores . 5 references edit company overview of strack & van til super market inc. . bloomberg businessweek . a b a history of commitment to community . the times of northwest indiana . strack & van til super market inc. company profile . yahoo finance . strack & van til to acquire 7 stores . supermarket news . strack & van til continues to grow in northwest indiana . chicago sun times . external links edit strack & van til official site ultra foods official site town & country food market official site v t e supermarket chains in the united states kroger baker s supermarkets city market dillons food stores food 4 less foods co. fred meyer fry s food & drug gerbes super markets harris teeter jay c king soopers kroger owen s pay less super markets qfc ralphs roundy s pick n save mariano s metro market copp s ruler 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