Marsh Supermarkets made waves around the midwest in 1966 when it entered the fast-growing convenience store segment. By the time the company was sold to a private equity firm forty years later, it operated 154 Village Pantries around Indiana and Ohio! Many of the oldest have been repurposed. I try to take a photo when I drive past one.

The building that once housed Muncie’s fourth Village Pantry stands at 4000 North Wheeling Avenue on the site of the former Huffman’s Market¹. The 3,300-square-foot building included a separate room for carry-out beer and wine sales, though I’m not sure if it was ever used for that purpose². Opened in 1968, the store stocked approximately 3,000 items³. 

The Village Pantry at Wheeling and Rosewood appears to have operated through 1998. Today, it’s home to Save-On Liquor⁴. 

Sources Cited
1 Marsh to Open New ‘Village Pantry’ Store (1968, June 7). The Muncie Star. p. 25. 
2 Intermission (1968, August 24). The Muncie Evening Press. p. 20. 
3 Marsh Plans New Division (1966, September 19). The Muncie Evening Press. p. 14.
4 Legal Notice of Public Hearing (1998, February 12). The Muncie Star Press. p. 24.