LifeWay Christian Stores has acquired The Salt Shaker Bookstore and Cafe, in Wilmington, N.C., which closed in February. Terms of the deal were not released.

LifeWay Media Relations Manager Jon Wilke told Christian Retailing that the chain will open a new store in late May in a different location as The Salt Shaker, but in the same area. The new 4,795-square-foot store will be located in a shopping center.

LifeWay operates 15 stores across North Carolina, with 161 stores nationwide. The chain relocated its stores in Charlotte, N.C., and Conyers, Ga., last year, but there were no new store openings in 2012, Wilke said. Before that, LifeWay opened a store in Tustin, Calif., in August 2011.

Claire Efird had owned The Salt Shaker since 1999, and the store was a member ofCovenant Group—the country’s second-largest independent Christian chain after Mardel Christian & Education.

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