marc glassman inc. industry retail founded parma ohio in 1979 founder marc glassman headquarters middleburg heights ohio area served ohio products discount drug and grocery owner marc glassman slogan fresh savings smart living website marcs.com marc s stores is a discount drugstore and grocery chain with stores in northern and central ohio . 1 it is owned by clevelander marc glassman who also owned xpect discounts in western connecticut originally seven store chain which started as a drug store in the late 1980s then expanding into a full grocery store . during the recent recessions business slowed and the cost to operate in connecticut continued to increase though still making increases in sales . xpect started closing connecticut stores in 2012 2013 and was reduced down to three stores and in early 2015 mgi stated that the remaining three connecticut stores would close and vacate by april 2016 . marc s has over 60 stores in the cleveland akron canton youngstown and columbus areas . contents 1 history 2 media 3 other ventures 4 references 5 external links history edit bernie shulman opened his first mega discount drug store in mayfield heights in the 1970s . in 1979 one of shulman s managers marc glassman opened his own store marc s on the west side of cleveland in the southland shopping center in middleburg heights . 2 that first store was badly damaged in a fire in october 1980 that started in and destroyed the adjacent j.c. penney department store . marc s closed for several months eventually reopening in a larger space at the same site . following the success of the middleburg heights store glassman built additional marc s stores . in 1983 he purchased shulman s store . 2 glassman continued to build stores in greater cleveland . glassman s western stores were named marc s while those to the east were named bernie shulman s to honor shulman who died in 1976 and because of brand recognition . as the marc s stores expanded south to solon and akron the recognition of the marc s name grew . glassman decide to retire the bernie shulman s name for new stores using the marc s name for grand openings including stores east of cleveland . the first of the marc s superstores opened in garfield heights on june 30 1992 . 3 by year s end all bernie shulman s stores were rebranded marc s. media edit the company is rarely discussed in the media . employees are prohibited from giving interviews and glassman does not speak to reporters . 4 other ventures edit in the 1980s glassman also owned a small deli grill restaurant next to the middleburg heights southland store . that restaurant closed when the southland store expanded into the space occupied by the restaurant . a small grill was set up inside the marc s store . in 1987 glassman purchased at auction a chuck e. cheese a restaurant video game venue in the southland center near the marc s store . it was converted into marc s funtime pizza palace . similar to a chuck e. cheese it was a popular place for children s birthday parties . about a year later he purchased a second chuck e. cheese in nearby north olmsted . when the chuck e. cheese franchise vacated the area glassman acquired and converted several venues in greater cleveland . by 2004 all marc s funtime pizza palaces closed . the original marc s funtime at southland was among the strip of stores that were demolished to build a bj s wholesale club . in 1994 glassman purchased dover lake waterpark in sagamore hills ohio which he operated until 2005 . the park was sold in 2006 to the brandywine ski resort which used the property for expansion . 5 references edit marc s succeeds on its terms . chain drug review . 1999 04 26 . archived from the original on september 24 2009 . retrieved 2009 08 07 . a b unorthodox approach pays big dividends for marc s . 1994 04 24 . retrieved 2011 12 01 . dead link glassman s empire adds its jewel in the crown . drug store news . 1992 . dead link marc s drives its business with everyday low pricing . chain drug review . 1997 04 28 . retrieved 2009 08 07 . marotta eric january 17 2007 . dover lake tapped for ski area growth brandywine buys park plans to expand . archived from the original on april 6 2012 . retrieved december 17 2011 . external links edit official site marc glassman inc. profile 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 foods scott s smith s albertsons acme markets albertsons amigos carrs haggen jewel osco lucky market street pavilions randalls safeway shaw s and star market super saver tom thumb united supermarkets vons supervalu county market cub farm fresh hornbacher s save a lot shop n save shoppers ahold delhaize food lion giant carlisle giant landover hannaford brothers company martin s 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