UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

Commission File Number:  000-31127

SPARTAN STORES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act).

As of October 8, 2004 the registrant had 20,501,966 outstanding shares of common stock, no par value.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

          The matters discussed in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q include "forward-looking statements" about the plans, strategies, objectives, goals or expectations of Spartan Stores, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, "Spartan Stores"). These forward-looking statements are identifiable by words or phrases indicating that Spartan Stores or management "expects," "anticipates," "projects," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "intends," is "optimistic" or "confident" that a particular occurrence "will," "may," "could," "should" or "will likely" result or that a particular event "will," "may," "could," "should" or "will likely" occur in the future, that the "outlook" or "trend" is toward a particular result or occurrence, or similarly stated expectations. Accounting estimates, such as those described under the heading "Critical Accounting Policies" in Item 2 of this Form 10-Q, are inherently forward-looking. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements , which speak only as of the date of this Quarterly Report.

          In addition to other risks and uncertainties described in connection with the forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Spartan Stores' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 27, 2004 and other periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, there are many important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially. Our ability to strengthen our retail-store performance; sustain sales growth; increase gross margin; reduce operating costs; sell on favorable terms assets classified as held for sale; continue to meet the terms of our debt covenants; and implement the other programs, plans, strategies, objectives, goals or expectations described in this Quarterly Report will be affected by changes in economic conditions generally or in the markets and geographic areas that we serve, adverse effects of the changing food and distribution industries and other factors including, but not limited to, tho se discussed below.

          Anticipated future sales are subject to competitive pressures from many sources. Our Grocery Distribution and Retail businesses compete with many warehouse discount stores, supermarkets, pharmacies and product manufacturers. Future sales will be dependent on the number of retail stores that we own and operate, our ability to retain and add to the retail stores to whom we distribute, competitive pressures in the retail industry generally and our geographic markets specifically and our ability to implement effective new marketing and merchandising programs. Competitive pressures in these and other business segments may result in unexpected reductions in sales volumes, product prices or service fees.

          Our operating and administrative expenses may be adversely affected by unexpected costs associated with, among other factors: difficulties in the operation of our business segments; future business acquisitions; adverse effects on business relationships with independent retail grocery store customers; difficulties in the retention or hiring of employees; labor shortages, stoppages or disputes; business and asset divestitures; increased transportation or fuel costs; current or future lawsuits and administrative proceedings; and losses of, or financial difficulties of, customers or suppliers. Our operating and administrative expenses could also be adversely affected by changes in our sales mix. Our ongoing cost reduction initiatives and changes in our marketing and merchandising programs may not be as successful as we anticipate. Acts of terrorism or war have in the past and may in the future result in considerable economic and political uncertainties that could have adver se effects on consumer buying behavior, fuel costs, shipping and transportation, product imports and other factors affecting our company and the grocery industry generally.

          Our future interest expense and income also may differ from current expectations, depending upon, among other factors: the amount of additional borrowings; changes in our borrowing agreements; changes in the interest rate environment; and changes in the amount of fees received or paid. The availability of our secured loan agreement depends on compliance with the terms of the loan agreement.

          In fiscal 2004, we completed the sales of substantially all of the assets of United Wholesale Grocery Company, L&L/Jiroch Distributing Company, J.F. Walker Company, Inc. and most Food Town stores and have closed all Food Town stores that were not sold. We believe that these actions will allow us to better focus our efforts and capital on key strategic markets where we have the strongest growth and value creation opportunities. However, we cannot assure you that these transactions will be beneficial to our company. Our asset impairment and exit cost provisions for these transactions are estimates and actual costs may be more or less than these estimates. The agreements relating to some of these transactions require us to indemnify these asset buyers for breaches of our representations and warranties contained in the agreements and certain other matters.

          This section is intended to provide meaningful cautionary statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. This should not be construed as a complete list of all economic, competitive, governmental, technological and other factors that could adversely affect our expected consolidated financial position, results of operations or liquidity. We undertake no obligation to update or revise our forward-looking statements to reflect developments that occur or information obtained after the date of this Quarterly Report.

PART I
FINANCIAL INFORMATION

SPARTAN STORES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

SPARTAN STORES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

SPARTAN STORES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

SPARTAN STORES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

SPARTAN STORES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

Note 1
Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

The Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of Spartan Stores, Inc. and its subsidiaries ("Spartan Stores"). All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

In the opinion of management, the accompanying consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, contain all adjustments, which are of a normal recurring nature, necessary to present fairly the financial position of Spartan Stores as of September 11, 2004 and the results of its operations and cash flows for the interim periods presented. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year.

Stock-Based Compensation
Spartan Stores has a stock incentive plan, which is more fully described in Note 10 of the 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Spartan Stores accounts for the plan under the recognition and measurement principles of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees," and related Interpretations. No stock-based compensation cost is reflected in the Statements of Operations, as all options granted under the plan had an exercise price equal to the market value of the underlying common stock on the date of grant. The following table illustrates the effect on net earnings (loss) and earnings (loss) per share as if Spartan Stores had applied the fair value recognition principles of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards Statement No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation," to stock-based employee compensation:

(In thousands, except per share data)

Reclassifications
Certain reclassifications have been made to the fiscal 2004 consolidated financial statements to conform to the fiscal 2005 presentation.

Note 2
New Accounting Standards

In May 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued FASB Staff Position ("FSP") FAS 106-2, "Accounting and Disclosure Requirements Related to the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003." FSP FAS 106-2 provides guidance on the accounting, disclosure, effective date and transition rules related to the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003. FSP FAS 106-2 was adopted in the second quarter of fiscal 2005 and did not have a significant impact on the financial statements.

Note 3
Discontinued Operations

Spartan Stores' former convenience distribution operations, insurance operations and certain of its retail, grocery distribution and real estate operations have been recorded as discontinued operations. Results of the discontinued operations are excluded from the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements for all periods presented, unless otherwise noted.

Discontinued operations had no sales during the second quarter and year-to-date period ended September 11, 2004 and generated sales of $47.6 million and $263.4 million during the second quarter and year-to-date period ended September 13, 2003, respectively. The operating losses in discontinued operations for the second quarter and year-to-date period ended September 11, 2004 of $0.2 million and $0.4 million were partially offset by income tax benefits of $0.1 million and $0.2 million. The net losses from discontinued operations contributed a loss of $0.01 per share for the second quarter and year-to-date period ended September 11, 2004.

The $1.0 million net loss from discontinued operations for the second quarter ended September 11, 2003 consisted of a loss from operations of $0.6 million, provision for asset impairments and exit costs of $3.0 million, gain on disposal of assets of $1.6 million and an income tax benefit of $1.0 million. The net loss from discontinued operations contributed a loss of $0.05 per share. The $4.0 million net loss from discontinued operations for the year-to-date period ended September 13, 2003 consisted of a loss from operations of $1.3 million, provision for asset impairments and exit costs of $6.6 million, gain on disposal of assets of $1.8 million and an income tax benefit of $2.1 million. The net loss from discontinued operations contributed a loss of $0.20 per share.

Total assets of discontinued operations decreased from $8.3 million at March 27, 2004 to $7.1 million at September 11, 2004. Total liabilities of discontinued operations decreased from $16.9 million at March 27, 2004 to $14.8 million at September 11, 2004.

In accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 87-24, "Allocation of Interest to Discontinued Operations," interest was allocated to discontinued operations based on the debt that was required to be repaid as a result of the asset dispositions. Interest expense of $0.3 million and $1.6 million was allocated to, and is included in, loss on discontinued operations in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the second quarter and year-to-date period ended September 13, 2003. Interest expense is no longer allocated to discontinued operations as all debt has been repaid as a result of the disposal of these operations.

Note 4
Asset Impairments and Exit Costs

Discontinued operations recognized pre-tax charges of $3.0 million and $6.6 million during the second quarter and year-to-date period ended September 13, 2003 for asset impairments and exit costs related to transaction costs and severance.

The following table provides the activity of exit costs for fiscal year 2004 and the twenty-four weeks ended September 11, 2004. Exit costs recorded in the Consolidated Balance Sheets are included in Other accrued expenses in current liabilities and Other long-term liabilities based on when the obligations are expected to be paid.

(In thousands)

(a) Includes $2.0 million of charges recorded in discontinued Retail operations and $0.6 million recorded in discontinued Grocery Distribution operations.
(b) Includes $3.1 million of charges recorded in discontinued Retail operations and $0.2 million recorded in discontinued Convenience Distribution operations.

Note 5
Associate Retirement Plans

The following table provides the components of net periodic pension and postretirement benefit costs for the second quarter and year-to-date periods ended September 11, 2004 and September 13, 2003:

Spartan Stores expects to contribute $1.0 million to its defined benefit plans in fiscal 2005 to meet the minimum funding requirements. No amounts have been contributed as of September 11, 2004.

Note 6
Operating Segment Information

The following tables set forth information about Spartan Stores by operating segment:

(In thousands)

Executive Overview

          Spartan Stores is a leading regional grocery distributor and grocery retailer, operating principally in Michigan and Ohio.

          We currently operate two reportable business segments: Grocery Distribution and Retail. Our Grocery Distribution segment provides a full line of grocery, general merchandise, frozen and perishable items to more than 300 independently owned grocery stores and our 75 corporate owned stores. Our Retail segment operates 54 retail supermarkets in Michigan under the banners Family Fare Supermarkets and Glen's Markets and 21 deep-discount food and drug stores in Ohio and Michigan under the banner The Pharm. Our retail supermarkets have a "neighborhood market" focus to distinguish them from supercenters and limited assortment stores. Our deep-discount food and drug stores offer a unique combination of full-service pharmacy, general merchandise products and basic food offerings.

          Our Grocery Distribution and Retail segments' sales and operating performance vary with seasonality. Our first and fourth quarters are typically our slowest sales quarters and therefore operating results are generally lower during these two quarters. Additionally, these two quarters can be affected based on the timing of the Easter holiday, which is a strong sales week. All quarters are 12 weeks, except for our third quarter, which is 16 weeks and includes the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Most of our northern Michigan stores are dependent on tourism and, therefore, most affected by seasons and weather patterns, including, but not limited to, the amount and timing of snowfall during the winter months and the range of temperature during the summer months.

Results of Operations

          The following table sets forth items from our Consolidated Statements of Operations as a percentage of net sales and the year-to-year percentage change in dollar amounts:

(Unaudited)

* Percentage change is not meaningful

          Net Sales - Net sales for the quarter ended September 11, 2004 ("second quarter") decreased $4.7 million, or 1.0 percent, from $491.4 million in the quarter ended September 13, 2003 ("prior year second quarter") to $486.7 million. Net sales for the year-to-date period ended September 11, 2004 ("current year-to-date") increased $7.1 million, or 0.7 percent, from $953.9 million in the prior year-to-date period ended September 13, 2003 ("prior year-to-date") to $961.0 million.

          Net sales for the second quarter in our Grocery Distribution segment decreased $6.4 million, or 2.4 percent, from $260.9 million in the prior year second quarter to $254.5 million. Net sales for the current year-to-date period increased $4.2 million, or 0.8 percent, from $511.1 million in the prior year-to-date period to $515.3 million. The sales decrease in the second quarter was primarily due to a shift of our fall private label promotion to the third quarter, which is estimated to have impacted sales by approximately $4.0 to $5.0 million, the loss of two distribution customers of approximately $4.0 million and the cycling of incremental sales to customers in the prior year second quarter due to the power outage that affected the Detroit area. The sales increase for the year-to-date period was due primarily to sales to new customers, partially offset by the factors mentioned above.

          Net sales for the second quarter in our Retail segment increased $1.7 million, or 0.7 percent, from $230.5 million in the prior year second quarter to $232.2 million. Net sales for the year-to-date period increased $2.9 million, or 0.7 percent, from $442.8 million in the prior year-to-date period to $445.7 million. Comparable store sales increased 1.4 percent in the second quarter, representing the sixth consecutive quarter of comparable store sales growth, and 1.2 percent year-to-date. Comparable store sales increases include 0.7 percent and 0.6 percent during the second quarter and year-to-date periods, respectively, due to the recording of bottle deposits as a liability when sold and an asset when returned, rather than a net reduction in sales as was done in previous fiscal years, as supermarkets typically receive more returns of bottles than originally sold. This change has no impact on reported gross margin dollars. We believe this revised reporting method better reflects the true sales performance of our stores. The remaining sales increases were due primarily to store refurbishing, product merchandising and reset initiatives and continued improvements in store level execution at our supermarkets. Also contributing to the sales increase was higher customer traffic in certain supermarkets due to the closure of competing stores in northern Michigan. These increases were partially offset by sales decreases at our deep-discount food and drug stores due to lower prescription sales resulting from a United Auto Workers mandate that requires members to switch to mail order prescription refills for maintenance medication, which also resulted in lower than expected prescription sales at our supermarket pharmacies, and due to the cycling of promotional activity that accompanied the closure of select Food Town stores.

          During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004, two supercenters opened in markets where we operate corporate owned stores. Two additional supercenters opened in the second quarter of fiscal 2005 that affected certain supermarkets and deep-discount food and drug stores, and we are anticipating another opening in the third quarter. We expect our comparable store sales growth to moderate further as we compare results against the strong sales growth reported in the previous year, we cycle competitive store closings and as new supercenters open in our markets. We are improving our offering to our customers by continuing to implement more effective category management practices, adding more convenient services such as fuel centers and in-store pharmacies and improving physical facilities with our remodel and new store programs. We expect to open two fuel centers and three in-store pharmacies during the third quarter.

          Gross Margin - Gross margin represents sales less cost of sales, which include purchase costs and promotional allowances. Vendor allowances that relate to our buying and merchandising activities consist primarily of promotional allowances, which are generally allowances on purchased quantities and, to a lesser extent, slotting allowances, which are billed to vendors for our merchandising costs, such as setting up warehouse infrastructure. Vendor allowances are recognized as a reduction in cost of sales when the product is sold. Lump sum payments received for multi-year contracts are amortized over the life of the contracts based on contractual terms.

          Gross margin for the second quarter increased $2.2 million, or 2.4 percent, from $92.9 million in the prior year second quarter to $95.1 million. As a percent of net sales, gross margin for the second quarter increased to 19.5 percent from 18.9 percent. Gross margin for the year-to-date period increased $3.4 million, or 1.9 percent, from $177.6 million in the prior year-to-date period to $181.0 million. As a percent of net sales, gross margin for the year-to-date period increased to 18.8 percent from 18.6 percent. The gross margin rate improvement was primarily due to the timing of new product initiatives at the Grocery Distribution segment.

          Selling, General and Administrative Expenses - Selling, general and administrative ("SG&A") expenses consist primarily of salaries and wages, employee benefits, warehousing costs, store occupancy costs, utilities, equipment rental, depreciation and other administrative costs.

          SG&A expenses for the second quarter decreased $3.8 million, or 4.4 percent, from $85.6 million in the prior year second quarter to $81.8 million. As a percent of net sales, SG&A expenses for the second quarter improved to 16.8 percent from 17.4 percent. SG&A expenses for the year-to-date period decreased $8.4 million, or 4.9 percent, from $171.3 million in the prior year-to-date period to $162.9 million. As a percent of net sales, SG&A expenses year-to-date improved to 16.9 percent from 18.0 percent. The decreases in SG&A are primarily due to the following:

          Interest Expense - Interest expense for the second quarter decreased $0.9 million, or 27.4 percent, from $3.1 million in the prior year second quarter to $2.3 million. Interest expense for the year-to-date period decreased $2.5 million, or 35.7 percent, from $7.1 million in the prior year second quarter to $4.6 million. The decrease in interest expense is primarily due to bank waiver fees incurred in the prior year second quarter of $0.2 million and $1.9 million in the prior year-to-date period and lower total average borrowings. Total average borrowings decreased $63.3 million from $180.9 million in the prior year to $117.6 million as a result of debt repayments resulting primarily from the sale of our discontinued operations and cash generated from operations.

          In accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 87-24, "Allocation of Interest to Discontinued Operations," interest was allocated to discontinued operations based on the debt that was required to be repaid as a result of the assets dispositions. Interest expense of $0.3 million and $1.6 million was allocated to, and is included in, loss on discontinued operations in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the prior year second quarter and year-to-date period. Interest expense is no longer allocated to discontinued operations as all debt has been repaid as a result of the disposal of these operations.

Discontinued Operations

          Our former convenience distribution operations, insurance operations and certain of our retail, grocery distribution and real estate operations have been recorded as discontinued operations. Results of the discontinued operations are excluded from the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements for all periods presented, unless otherwise noted.

          Discontinued operations had no sales during the second quarter and year-to-date period ended September 11, 2004 and generated sales of $47.6 million and $263.4 million during the second quarter and year-to-date period ended September 13, 2003, respectively. The operating losses in discontinued operations for the second quarter and year-to-date period ended September 11, 2004 of $0.2 million and $0.4 million were partially offset by income tax benefits of $0.1 million and $0.2 million. The net losses from discontinued operations contributed a loss of $0.01 per share for the second quarter and year-to-date period ended September 11, 2004.

          The $1.0 million loss from discontinued operations for the second quarter ended September 11, 2003 consisted of a loss from operations of $0.6 million, provision for asset impairments and exit costs of $3.0 million, gain on disposal of assets of $1.6 million and an income tax benefit of $1.0 million. The net loss from discontinued operations contributed a loss of $0.05 per share. The $4.0 million loss from discontinued operations for the year-to-date period ended September 13, 2003 consisted of a loss from operations of $1.3 million, provision for asset impairments and exit costs of $6.6 million, gain on disposal of assets of $1.8 million and an income tax benefit of $2.1 million. The net loss from discontinued operations contributed a loss of $0.20 per share.

          Total assets of discontinued operations decreased from $8.3 million at March 27, 2004 to $7.1 million at September 11, 2004. Total liabilities of discontinued operations decreased from $16.9 million at March 27, 2004 to $14.8 million at September 11, 2004.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

          The following table summarizes our consolidated statements of cash flows for the year-to-date and prior year-to-date periods:

(In thousands)

          Net cash provided by operating activities increased during the year-to-date period primarily due to the net improvement in our investment in working capital, resulting from better inventory management practices and an improvement in net earnings. This effect was partially offset by the receipt of a tax refund associated with net operating loss carrybacks of $9.3 million in the prior year-to-date period and changes in other operating assets and liabilities.

          Net cash used in investing activities increased during the current fiscal year primarily due to increased capital expenditure activity. Capital expenditure dollars were split 60 percent in our Retail segment and 40 percent in our Grocery Distribution segment and were used primarily for store refurbishments, new equipment and information technology enhancements. We have completed store remodels and/or merchandise resets at eight stores during the current year. We expect to complete similar remodels on 2 to 5 additional stores by the end of the year. Although we are not currently governed by the following restrictions, under the terms of our senior secured revolving credit facility and our supplemental secured credit facility ("credit facilities"), should our available borrowings fall below certain levels, our capital expenditures would be restricted each fiscal year. We expect capital expenditures to be approximately $20.0 million to $25.0 million for fiscal 2005, which w ould be within these restrictions.

          Net cash used in financing activities includes cash paid and received from our long-term borrowings and in the prior fiscal year, the payment of financing fees associated with our credit facilities. Our current maturities of long-term debt at September 11, 2004 are $5.2 million. Our ability to borrow additional funds is governed by the terms of our credit facilities.

          Net cash used in discontinued operations contains the net cash flows of our discontinued operations and consists primarily of net proceeds received on the sale of assets, net of identifiable debt repayments, the payment of store exit cost reserves, partial year operating results, and the payment of severance and related benefit accruals of employees that previously worked for discontinued operations. We expect the cash usage of our discontinued operations will be approximately $6.5 million in fiscal 2005 for the payment of store exit costs and other liabilities.

          Our principal sources of liquidity are cash flows generated from operations and our $185.0 million credit facilities. The credit facilities terminate December 2007, and are secured by substantially all of our assets. We had available borrowings of $46.6 million at September 11, 2004 and maximum availability of $56.6 million, which exceeds the minimum excess availability levels, as defined in the credit agreements. We believe that cash generated from operating activities and available borrowings under the credit facilities are sufficient to support current operations.

          Our current ratio was 1.24:1.00 at September 11, 2004 versus 1.30:1.00 at March 27, 2004 and our investment in working capital decreased to $32.0 million at September 11, 2004 from $39.3 million at March 27, 2004. The improvement in our overall working capital requirements is primarily the result of improved inventory management and the shift in timing of our fall private label promotion.

          Our long-term debt to total capital ratio at September 11, 2004 was 0.48:1.00 versus 0.55:1.00 at March 27, 2004. This improvement was primarily due to reducing long-term debt by $23.4 million and the net earnings of $8.5 million.

          For information on contractual obligations, see our 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K. At September 11, 2004, there have been no material changes to our significant contractual obligations outside the ordinary course of business.

New Accounting Standards

          In May 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued FASB Staff Position ("FSP") FAS 106-2, "Accounting and Disclosure Requirements Related to the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003." FSP FAS 106-2 provides guidance on the accounting, disclosure, effective date and transition rules related to the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003. FAS FSP 106-2 was adopted in the second quarter of fiscal 2005 and had no significant impact on our financial statements.

Critical Accounting Policies

          This discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based upon our consolidated financial statements. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to bad debts, inventories, intangible assets, assets held for sale, long-lived assets, income taxes, self-insurance reserves, exit costs, retirement benefits and contingencies and litigation. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions and factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Based on our ongoing review, we make adjustments we consider appropriate under the facts and circumstances. We have discussed the development, selection and disclosure of these estimates with the Audit Committee. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared using the same critical accounting policies discussed in our 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

          There were no material changes in market risk of Spartan Stores from the end of the latest fiscal year to the date of the balance sheet in this report.

          Spartan Stores' Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have evaluated the effectiveness of Spartan Stores' disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the "Evaluation Date"). Based on the evaluation of those controls and procedures required by Rule 13a-15(b), they have concluded that Spartan Stores' disclosure controls and procedures were adequate and effective as of the Evaluation Date. During the last fiscal quarter there was no change in Spartan Stores' internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, Spartan Stores' internal control over financial reporting.

PART II
OTHER INFORMATION

          Various lawsuits and claims, arising in the ordinary course of business, are pending or have been asserted against Spartan Stores and its subsidiaries. While the ultimate effect of such lawsuits and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, management believes that their outcome will not result in a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position, operating results or liquidity of Spartan Stores.

          Not applicable.

          Not applicable.

          On August 11, 2004 at the 2004 annual meeting of shareholders of Spartan Stores, the shareholders voted to elect two persons to the board of directors. The following persons were duly elected:

          The following six persons continue to serve as directors of Spartan Stores: Elizabeth A. Nickels, Kenneth T. Stevens and James F. Wright are currently serving terms that will expire at Spartan Stores' 2005 annual meeting of shareholders and M. Shân Atkins, Dr. Frank M. Gambino and Timothy J. O'Donovan, are currently serving terms that will expire at Spartan Stores' 2006 annual meeting of shareholders.

          In addition, the shareholders voted on a proposal to ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Spartan Stores' independent auditors for fiscal year 2005. With respect to this proposal, shares were voted as follows:

          There were no broker non-votes with respect to matters voted on by Spartan Stores' shareholders at the meeting.

          None.