Sullivan Foods

Sullivan's Foods is a family owned and operated grocery retail business that was started in 1967 by John & June Sullivan. John Sullivan married June in 1959 and then served in the United States Army. While serving in the army he took a part-time job as a meat cutter. After his military service, John and June returned for a short time to John's hometown, Stockton, Illinois where he became a full-time meat cutter. They then moved to Platteville, Wisconsin, where John worked for another grocery store. During his seven years there he learned more of the meat cutting trade and other valuable tools for success. Most significant was how important it is to be fair to your employees, vendors and customers. In September of 1967 John and June moved to Savanna, Illinois where they decided to purchase their own grocery store. For a short time in the beginning he had a partner and eventually ended up buying his share out and then built a new store - tearing down the older structure to make room for a larger parking lot. After a couple years of trial and error the Savanna location was a success so in 1973 they expanded their business with an additional store located in John's hometown, Stockton, Illinois. Keeping up with the ever growing market, John and June expanded and restructured. The store chain now numbers 11 and services central and northern Illinois communities around Savanna, Stockton, Winnebago, Mendota, Freeport, Lena, Marengo, Mt Morris, Morrison, Princeton, and Kewanee. In addition to building his successful grocery chain, John and June were also raising six children Kathryn, Scott, Bryan, Susan, Mike and Julie. All of whom followed in Dad and Moms' footsteps and are a part of the company. Each of them started off either as a cashier, meat cutter or stocker and now helps run the company. Today, Sullivan's Foods, Sullivan's Fuels, and Sullivan's ACE Hardware stores are owned by Coborn's Inc, a family built business as well and operated by JB Sullivan LLC.

Throughout the years Sullivan's has made much progress and has continued to grow. Throughout its proximity, the beliefs and philosophy of Sullivan's remains the same. We contribute our success and growth to two ingredients: 1) Clean, modern and pleasant supermarkets filled with quality merchandise at competitively low prices and 2) Genuinely warm, friendly and courteous service!

We take pride in our facilities and in the fine people who make our supermarkets what they are today.