Stock+Field has been acquired by a new owner, and they say most of their stores will remain open. R.P. Acquisition Corp. a subsidiary of R.P. Lumber Co announced that they will be purchasing all the assets of the Stock+Field stores and open operations under new management start April 1st.

In a statement from R.P. chairman Robert Plummer he says their focus is “keeping Stock+Field stores open and serving the many communities they have served for years”. The move will save about 1,000 jobs.

Locally, Stock+Field has two stores in Elkhart and one each in Warsaw and Michigan City.