FORM 4	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION	OMB APPROVAL
[   ] Check this box if no longer        subject to Section 16. Form 4 or        Form 5 obligations may continue.        See Instruction 1(b).	Washington, D.C. 20549   STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN	OMB Number                  3235-0287 Expires:             December 31, 2001 Estimated average burden hours per response                      0.5
(Print or Type Responses)	BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1.    Name and Address of Reporting Person*    Fosnaugh                      Charles                       B.         (Last)                                        (First)                                   (Middle)	4.    Statement for Month/Year       August 2000
850 - 76th Street, SW                                                         (Street)	5.    If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
Grand Rapids             Michigan             49518         (City)                                        (State)                                   (Zip)
2.    Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol          Spartan Stores, Inc. ("SPTN")	6.    Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer                                     (Check all applicable)               Director                                          10% Owner    X       Officer (give title                            Other (specify below)                            below)                                     Vice President Development
3.    I.R.S. or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)	7.    Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)            X     Form Filed by One Reporting Person                    Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security     (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction     Date     (Month/     Day/     Year)	3. Transaction     Code     (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A)     or Disposed of (D)     (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of     Securities     Beneficially     Owned at     End of     Month     (Instr. 3     and 4)	6. Ownership     Form: Di-     rect (D) or     Indirect (I)     (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of     Indirect     Beneficial     Ownership     (Instr. 4)
		Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class A Common Stock	8/2/00	J(1)		1,799	d	N/A	0	D
Common Stock	8/2/00	J(1)		2,404	A	N/A	2,404	D
(1) In connection with the August 2, 2000 closing of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the"Merger Agreement") by and between Spartan Stores, Inc. ("Spartan"), Spartan Acquisition Corp., and Seaway Food Town, Inc. ("Seaway"), each share of Class A Common Stock, $2 par value ("Class A Stock"), was converted into one (1) share of Spartan's Common Stock, no par value ("Common Stock"). In addition, immediately prior to such closing, the Board of Directors of Spartan declared a 0.336-for-1 stock dividend on each share of Class A Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the merger, as required by the Merger Agreement. Accordingly, each share of Class A Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the merger has been converted into 1.336 shares of Common Stock, rounded up to the nearest whole share.

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Form 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security     (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion     or Exercise     Price of     Derivative     Security	3. Transaction     Date     (Month/     Day/     Year)	4. Transaction     Code     (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Deriva-     tive Securities Ac-     quired (A) or Dis-     posed of (D)     (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		6. Date Exercisable     and Expiration Date     (Month/Day/Year)
			Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$13.30	8/2/00	J (2)			1,000	5/10/00	5/10/10
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$9.96	8/2/00	J (2)		1,336		5/10/00	5/10/10
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$10.50	8/2/00	J (2)			2,000	5/08/96	5/07/06
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$7.86	8/2/00	J (2)		2,672		5/08/96	5/07/06
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$11.30	8/2/00	J (2)			2,000	5/28/97	5/27/07
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$8.46	8/2/00	J (2)		2,672		5/28/97	5/27/07
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$12.30	8/2/00	J (2)			1,000	5/13/98	5/12/08
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$9.21	8/2/00	J (2)		1,336		5/13/98	5/12/08
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$13.30	8/2/00	J (2)			1,000	5/19/99	5/18/09
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$9.96	8/2/00	J (2)		1,336		5/19/99	5/18/09
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$8.40	8/2/00	J (2)			1,000	5/13/92	5/12/02
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$6.29	8/2/00	J (2)		1,336		5/13/92	5/12/02
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$8.80	8/2/00	J (2)			1,000	5/19/93	5/18/03
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$6.59	8/2/00	J (2)		1,336		5/19/93	5/18/03
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$9.30	8/2/00	J (2)			1,000	5/18/94	5/17/04
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$6.96	8/2/00	J (2)		1,336		5/19/94	5/17/04
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$10.00	8/2/00	J (2)			2,000	5/17/95	5/16/05
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$7.49	8/2/00	J (2)		2,672		5/17/95	5/16/05

7. Title and Amount of     Underlying Securities     (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Deriv-     ative Security     (Instr. 5)	9. Number of Deriv-     ative Securities     Beneficially owned     at End of Month     (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form      of Derivative Sec-       urity: Direct (D)       or Indirect (I)       (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of       Indirect Bene-       ficial Ownership       (Instr. 4)
Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Class A Common	1,000	N/A	0	D
Common Stock	1,336	N/A	1,336	D
Class A Common	2,000	N/A	0	D
Common Stock	2,672	N/A	2,672	D
Class A Common	2,000	N/A	0	D
Common Stock	2,672	N/A	2,672	D
Class A Common	1,000	N/A	0	D
Common Stock	1,336	N/A	1,336	D
Class A Common	1,000	N/A	0	D
Common Stock	1,336	N/A	1,336	D
Class A Common	1,000	N/A	0	D
Common Stock	1,336	N/A	1,336	D
Class A Common	1,000	N/A	0	D
Common Stock	1,336	N/A	1,336	D
Class A Common	1,000	N/A	0	D
Common Stock	1,336	N/A	1,336	D
Class A Common	2,000	N/A	0	D
Common Stock	2,672	N/A	2,672	D

Explanation of Responses:
(2) As described on the previous page, each share of Class A Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the merger involving Spartan and Seaway has been converted into 1.336 shares of Common Stock, rounded up to the nearest whole share. Accordingly, each option to purchase a share of Class A Common Stock that was outstanding immediately prior to the merger was converted into an option to purchase 1.336 shares of Common Stock (rounded up to the nearest whole share) and the per-share exercise price of each such option was reduced by dividing such price by 1.336 and rounding the result to the nearest whole cent.

**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute	/s/ Charles B. Fosnaugh*	September 11, 2000
Federal Criminal Violations.	**Signature of Reporting Person	Date
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).	*Alex J. DeYonker Attorney-in-Fact

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                    The undersigned does hereby constitute and appoint ALEX J. DEYONKER and TIMOTHY L. HORNER, or any one or more of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys and agents to do any and all acts and things and to execute and file any and all instruments that such attorneys and agents, or any of them, may consider necessary or advisable to enable the undersigned (in his or her individual capacity or in a fiduciary or other capacity) to comply with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act"), and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the preparation, execution and filing of any report or statement of beneficial ownership or changes in beneficial ownership of securities of SPARTAN STORES, INC. (the "Company") that the undersigned (in his or her individual capacity or in a fiduciary or other capacity) may be required to file pursuant to Sections 13 or 16 of the Act including, without limitation, full power and authority to sign the undersigned's name, in his or her individual capacity or in a fiduciary or other capacity, to any report, application or statement on Form ID, Forms 3, 4 or 5, Schedules 13D or 13G, or to any amendments or any successor forms thereto, or any form or forms adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission in lieu thereof or in addition thereto, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys and agents, or any of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                    The undersigned agrees that the attorneys-in-fact named herein may rely entirely on information furnished orally or in writing by the undersigned to such attorneys-in-fact. The undersigned also agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the attorneys-in-fact against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) that arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or omission of necessary fact in the information provided by the undersigned to the attorneys-in-fact for purposes of executing, acknowledging, delivering or filing any such forms, or any amendments or any successor forms thereto, or any form or forms adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission in lieu thereof or in addition thereto.

                    This authorization shall be in addition to all prior authorizations to act for the undersigned with respect to securities of the Company in these matters.

Date: July 12, 2000 /s/ Charles B. Fosaugh Charles B. Fosaugh