(Pictured: A photo cutout of the late Marlene Beadle greets shoppers at Marlene’s Market and Deli, which she started 47 years ago in Federal Way).

Marlene’s Market and Deli, a Federal Way fixture for 47 years, is getting a new owner.

The family-owned grocer has been purchased by Lassen Natural Foods and Vitamins, a California-based company. The Federal Way store and a second store, located in Tacoma, will retain the Marlene’s name.

The sale was announced locally by Marlene’s previous owner, Lisa Gebhart, the daughter of Marlene’s founder Marlene Beadle, who died in 2019.

Lassen’s, which has 11 stores in the Los Angeles area, Bakersfield, and seven other California cities, was also founded by a woman.

Marlene’s sells organically produced food and other health products.