Well-known local operators taking over this longtime Kansas City grocery store
Marsh’s Sun Fresh in Westport has been purchased by Cosentino’s Food Stores.
The grocery store at 4001 Mill St. will close at 7 p.m. Wednesday and reopen at 8 a.m. Thursday under Cosentino’s ownership, according to a press release.
The store will keep its employees while making some minor updates to lighting and other equipment, as well as the addition of a drive-thru pharmacy.
“Congratulations to the Marsh family for their years of service to Westport and the surrounding communities,” John Cosentino, owner and vice president, said in the release. “As a family-owned company, we are excited to be a part of the Westport community.”
Melinda Tiemeyer, a spokeswoman for the company, said the plan for now is for the store to remain a Sun Fresh.
Cosentino’s owns 32 stores in the area under the brands Price Chopper, Apple Market, Sun Fresh and Cosentino’s Market.
New Mark Sun Fresh at 10225 N. Oak Trafficway and Cosentino’s Sun Fresh at 18001 E. Highway 24 in Independence are also Cosentino’s brands.
Another Sun Fresh closed on Kansas City’s East Side yesterday at 3110 Wabash Ave., despite millions of dollars from the city. That store was owned by Community Builders Kansas City.
A Balls Food Stores-owned Price Chopper is closing in Overland Park at 7000 W. 75th St. Meanwhile, a developer wants to build a new Costco in Lee’s Summit near U.S. Highway 50 and Missouri Route 291.
The Westport Sun Fresh has been open at that spot since around 1996, according to The Star’s archives.
It moved into the newly built shopping center from the Old Westport Shopping Center at Westport Road and Southwest Trafficway.
This story was originally published August 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM.