Stores operate under the banners of Strack & Van Til and Town & Country Food Market.

On May 2, 2017, an involuntary petition under Chapter 7 of the US Bankruptcy Code was filed against Central Grocers, Inc, parent company of SVT, LLC.

The petitioning creditors were The Coca-Cola Company, General Mills, Inc., Mars Financial Services, and Post Consumer Brands.

In 1930, Meinhard Nissen and Ernie Strack opened the Royal Blue grocery store in downtown Griffith, Indiana.

[7] On May 15, 2017, Jewel-Osco made a bid to purchase all 19 Strack & Van Til grocery stores for $100 million.

[8][9][10] The Jewel-Osco bid was ultimately unsuccessful and the stores were sold in the bankruptcy auction to the Strack and Van Til families and the Indiana Grocery Group.

Strack & Van Til returned to expansion in 2021 with the purchase of Tysen's Country Market in Demotte, Indiana.

All 22 store locations in Northwest Indiana and the Chicago, Illinois suburbs will remain open as Strack & Van Til.