Keith Vandervort
ELY – The community’s major grocery businesses will merge later next year following Zup’s Food Markets’ purchase of Ely Northland Market. The announcement, made last Wednesday after the Timberjay’s deadline, referred to the pending deal as a partnership, and clears the way for Zup’s to renovate and move into the former Shopko building later in 2021.
Zup’s will purchase Ely Northland Market in early 2021, and both stores will remain open until the new 32,000 square-foot facility is ready, according to a press release.
Once the purchase is final, employees from both stores will merge as co-workers under one roof.
The two will merge into Zup s new building next year.
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Tracy Amitrano and Donna Richards, of Ely Northland Market, and Jim Zupanich Jr. and Bill Deyak, of Zup’s Food Markets, shake hands Wednesday after agreeing to merge the two grocery stores. Zup s will buy Ely Northland Market early next year and then combine them later into the Ely s former Shopko building. (Submitted photo)
Ely s two grocery stores will become one and move into a larger space next year.
Zup s Food Market will purchase Ely Northland Market in early 2021, and then close both existing locations when it moves into Zup s recently purchased Shopko building later that year, Zup s announced in a news release Friday.
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December 11, 2020
(courtesy: Zup’s Food Market)
ELY, Minn. – Zup’s Food Market announced on Wednesday its plans to purchase Ely Northland Market in the early part of 2021.
The two major grocers in Ely say the partnership will result in one large grocery store located in the now vacant Shopko building.
According to a recent press release, both stores will continue to operate through the summer season with plans to open at the new Shopko facility in September.
“It makes perfect sense,” said Donna Richards, who along with her husband Jim will sell ENM after purchasing it in 2003. “The best of both stores are moving into one.”
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