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Supplement dated June 22, 1998 filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
(to Prospectus dated July 17, 1997) File No. 33-94496
SPARTAN STORES, INC.
3,500,000 SHARES
CLASS A COMMON STOCK
$2 PAR VALUE
SUPPLEMENT TO
PROSPECTUS DATED JULY 17, 1997
The Board of Directors of Spartan Stores, Inc. (the "Company")
has established the Trading Value for each Class A Share to be Twelve
Dollars and Thirty Cents ($12.30) per share. The new Trading Value will be
effective as of June 21, 1998.
In determining the Trading Value, the Board considered general
market and economic factors and the Company's unaudited financial condition
as of the end of its fiscal year and unaudited results of operations for
the fiscal year. The Company's net sales for the year were $2.489 billion
and the Company had net earnings of approximately $14.2 million, or $1.21
per share. This compares to net sales of $2.475 billion and net earnings
of approximately $9.7 million for the prior fiscal year, or $0.80 per
share, as adjusted for the ten-for-one stock split pursuant to a share
dividend paid on July 15, 1997. In addition, book value per share
increased from approximately $8.91 at March 29, 1997, to approximately
$9.98 at March 28, 1998.
