A History OJ Continued Growth:

1946 1973 Iott. • Expanded main s • Wally a corner grocery store operator. came homel from the warehouse space to 158 e ' 000 q. ft. and war to the store that his wife, Jeanette. successfu ly keptl going 23,000 sq. ft. of freezer space.1975 add d while he was in the service. Investing every last nicke he had, he opened a new 7,500 sq. ft. "" across the street • Severed ties with major grocery e called "Wally's Food Town".1948 l wholesale r and o full- ine supplier. 1976 becam wn l l • Wal y and five other independent northwest Ohio grocers. Pau s l • Opened the first Kash 'n' ro Pope. Frank U rich, Tom Swinghammer, Joe Altschuler, and Karry Warehou e Market, ing the.warehouse market 1978concept s mt_ duc- Oscar Joseph. formed a buying and advertising co-op using to northwe ter n Oh10. the name "FOOD TOWN". They1957 had six stores among them. O • Acquired Buckeye Specialties, a non-food r l rack jobb e wh ha d • Co-op became incorporated under the name "Seaway Food been servicing Seaway forsevera years. Town, Inc." W.D. Iott was elected President and Chairman. • The Great Blizzard of '78 - countless stories p rso e of star e Onn 1 First year's sales were $1 5,800,000, less than two weeks' sales trudging miles through the snowdrifts � s r sl l to opes n· the1r to e today. 1958 an d service· t he pamc• ked popu ation. Some tore e and ff's personnel lived at their job locations for two or three d � things s o • First corporate store, #9, opened1959 in Findlay. Ohio. keep operating. Roof of store #2 collap ed wi�h u� injuries under weight of snow. Store never reopened. l • Acquired six Joseph's in • Acquired West Toledo Wholesale Produce Distributors. Became l 1980 To edo to bring th e own produce supplier. 1961 tota number of stores in operation to 56. s o se • Opened Tedrow warehouse, a sophi ticated warehsou • Joined Staff Supermarket Associates,l a private label buying designed to handle general merchandise, located in uth co-op of other small, regiona chains and introduced the STAFF Toledo. brand to our customers. 1962 s o • Acquired six stores in Columbu , Ohi . s • First public offering of 125,000 shares of stock. • Acquired T&A Supermarkets in north central Ohio. The e ten stores brought the total stores1981 in operation to 69. • Opened store #17 in Toledo which incorporated an extensive non-foodsdep artment serviced by Ben Franklin, Inc. This was unprecedented in the industry1963 and set a trend for the future. • Entered the Dayton, Ohio market.1984

• Moved corporate office and warehouse froma vacant storefront • Ceased all wholesaling operations to devote more energy and in Toledo to a former cabinet factoryin Maumee, Ohio. resources to servicing our own1986 supermarkets. l • Acquired four stores from in To edo who exited s . Total of 23 stores in operation. • Entered the deep discount drugstore busine s by converting a l 1966 former supermarket in Findlay. Ohio to a W.D. 's Deep • Acquired Ba duf Bakery, Inc. Discount. s e • Acquired the Pharm Deep Discount Drugstore in Tol do. • Enteredl wholesale food service business by acquiring Portion Ohio. 1988 Contro Meats, Inc. l • Together with Driggs Dairy, formed Toledo Mi k Processing, e s l l • Opened the first Food Town Plus in Tiffin, Ohio. Th Plu Inc.. a fu l ine processor of1968 fluid milk products. a s o es stores are Seaway's newest generation of combins tions st r ranging in size from 48,000 to 60,000 sq. ft. The e store fea­ • Expanded food service business by acquiring Vlasic Foods of ture a pharmacy, video rental, expanded non-food variety,s Ohio and Snow Maid Frozen Food, Inc. service meat and freshl seafood, full service floral shop, nack bar and take-out de i. one-hour photofinishing, UPS shipping, • Combinedl all institutional foodservice operations into a single salad bar, and many other conveniences. unit cal ed Valley Farm Foods. VFF also distributed perishables to Seaway and other food retailers1970 in the market area. • Acquired Toledo Milk Processing, Inc. and exps anded product line to include water, fruit 1989juices. and drink .

• Acquired Gruber's Food Stores inl southeastern Michigan. a a le These seven stores brought197 the tota1 stores in operation to 42. • Completed construction of 87,000 sq. ft. dditi�n to Y_ ! y Farm Foods freezer including ice cube manufacturing facihty. l s • Total fiscal year sales (1970-71) exceeded $100 million for the • Total fiscal year sales ( 1988-89) exceed one-half bil ion dollar first time in the Company's history. for the first time in Company history.

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