Lunds Buys Minnetonka Market Hit By Labor Dispute

Edina-based Lund Food Holdings Inc. has purchased Glen Lake’s Market in Minnetonka, a grocery store that’s been in the thick of a union dispute over allegedly unpaid benefits.

The purchase, announced Monday, should calm that quarrel somewhat since Lunds is a unionized grocery chain. The sale also marks a continuation of Lunds & Byerlys expansion over the past five years, a time in which the company has already added six properties in the Twin Cities.

It also marks the second time that Glen Lake’s has changed hands in just the past year. The first sale sparked a battle between Glen Lake’s former owner and the Twin Cities’ supermarket union, which has been picketing Glen Lake’s for weeks.

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