“It is business as usual for us and we will continue to keep serving Martin’s as we have been,” Ukrop said. “Our hope is that whoever purchases them, should they be sold, that we will continue to be a supplier to the new owners or operators should that happen.”

Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods has diversified since being created in 2010 after the family grocery stores were sold. The company supplied its food products to about 30 grocery stores — nearly all Martin’s — but now ships bakery and prepared foods to more than 1,500 stores in 31 states.

Most of those products are its famed White House Rolls, which are sold at Kroger stores here and in other parts of the country as well as at other retailers. The White House Rolls and other bakery items are sold under the Good Meadow Homemades brand.

“Martin’s sees the relationship with us as a positive thing for them and the Richmond community that our food is in their stores,” Ukrop said. “Hopefully, the new owners, should it come to pass, will see us the same way.”

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Brett McNamee, a senior vice president of the Richmond office for Divaris Real Estate Inc., said she was surprised that the local Martin’s stores reportedly are up for sale.