The sad news for East Sac residents: the neighborhood Compton's Market at 4055 McKinley Blvd. is being sold after 40 years as a family-run business.

The happy news: "Everything will stay the same," says company President Michael Compton, who confirms his family is selling the last of what once was an eight-store chain.

The Compton's name will stay. So will the employees. And the product mix.

"They're keeping the status quo. They know this is a successful business," Compton says of the new owners, Sunil and Premjit Hans of Yuba City.

Sunil Hans agrees that the business will stay "just the same," once he and his wife take ownership in two weeks. But he is looking at some additions, including opening a Subway sandwich shop inside the store and perhaps starting pharmacy services.

Compton says he's worked most of his life in the business founded in 1957 by his late father, Bill, and recently decided "we'd done enough – it was time to move on."

He will stay on for a while and help the new owners through the transition. His brother, David, is retiring.

Michael says Compton's was successful because it always was a "good neighborhood store," offering quality meats, fresh produce and, in recent years, more upscale and organic goods.

Customer service was emphasized, he adds.

"We were trained by the best – my dad," he says.

Wine and dine

Want something to eat with your Revolution?

That could be the greeting next spring when midtown Sacramento's Revolution Wines moves to new, larger digs at 29th and S streets and likely partners with another business to serve food and beer along with wine in its tasting room.

"We don't have an agreement yet" with the prospective food partner, says winery co-owner Gina Genshlea. But the winery's move – from its cramped current digs at 21st and P streets – is definite.

"We need more space and better retail visibility," says Genshlea, who opened the business three years ago with her husband, Joe, and has seen business take off.

The Genshleas expect to make 70 tons of wine this year – up from 30 tons last year. And more next year when they may opt to use both locations.

We know of one biz guy who works near the future Revolution site and is excited both about its arrival and this year's opening of a Temple coffee shop in the same retail complex.

Now, he says, he can get "drunk and sober in one easy stop."

Rough crowd

He's already got Hulk and Dog. Next up? Maybe the Repo gang.

We're talking about Scott Hervey, a Sacramento entertainment attorney who's carving out a niche representing some of the biggest – and burliest – names in reality TV.

The partner at Weintraub Genshlea Chediak has long represented former wrestler Hulk Hogan, who's now promoting the upstart TNA Wrestling organization, whose matches are shown on Spike TV.

That connection led recently to an introduction to Duane "Dog" Chapman, star of A&E's "Dog the Bounty Hunter."

Hervey flew to Hawaii last month, met with "Dog" and his wife, Beth, and came home with a contract.

"They're good people," he says of the Chapmans.

Now Hervey's angling for a chance to represent the stars of "Operation Repo," a truTV show that follows a fictional crew of beefy guys and gals re-enacting auto repossessions.

For the record: Hervey doesn't represent just the muscle-bound.

His client roster also includes Hulk's pleasantly proportioned daughter, singer and actress Brooke Hogan.

Reach Bob Shallit at (916) 321-1049. Back columns: www.sacbee.com/shallit.