Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

Members of Spartan Stores' executive management team will make presentations to analysts regarding the company's operating strategies and opportunities. The presentations are expected to begin on November 3, 2009. The slide presentation prepared by Spartan Stores for these meetings will be available in the "For Investors" section of the company's website at www.spartanstores.com beginning on November 3, 2009 and continuing through November 10, 2009.

The information in this report (including the presentation materials on the company's website) is furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing. This report will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information in the report that is required to be disclosed solely by Regulation FD.

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