SWARTZ CREEK, MI -- The store shelves are emptying at Fortino’s Food Market and this time, there’s no plan to restock. Brothers Paul and James Fortino, whose grandfather Paul opened the little ...

This 1967 photo was taken before the days of Paul Fortino Drive. From left is Genesee Merchants Bank, the fire department building and Macgillivary Buick. This photo, from the Swartz Creek Area ...

He was born in Owosso, MI on July 29th, 1926 to Paul Fortino and Mary Spaniola. He grew up in Swartz Creek, MI where he learned the grocery business from his father. Larry would be drafted into ...