Publix and Bi-Lo Holdings Announce Sale of Seven BI-LO Stores in the Carolinas

Publix and Bi-Lo Holdings Announce Sale of Seven BI-LO Stores in the Carolinas LAKELAND and JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 13, 2013—Publix Super Markets, Inc. and Bi-Lo Holdings, LLC, parent company of the BI-LO and Winn-Dixie grocery store chains, today announced they have entered into an agreement under which Publix is expected to purchase seven BI-LO-branded stores […]

Piggly Wiggly Carolina Selling 28 Stores

Piggly Wiggly Carolina Selling 28 Stores Supermarket News Sep. 12, 2013 CHARLESTON, S.C. — In a continuation of rapid consolidation in the Southeast, Piggly Wiggly Carolina said Thursday that it would sell 28 stores — 22 to Bi-Lo Holdings and another 6 to Harris Teeter. Financial terms were not disclosed. Harris Teeter, based in Matthews, […]

Belle Foods Gets OK to Sell 7 Stores

Belle Foods Gets OK to Sell 7 Stores Progressive Grocer Aug 09, 2013 Financially troubled grocery chain Belle Foods LLC has received court approval to sell seven grocery stores, and the Birmingham, Ala.-based company will auction off its remaining 44 stores on Sept. 24. Belle Foods, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month, […]

Gerland’s Acquired by Grocers Supply Co.

Gerland’s Acquired by Grocers Supply Co. Jun 7, 2013 Shaina Zucker Reporter- Houston Business Journal Gerland’s bought by another major Houston grocer Houston-based Gerland Corp., parent company of Food Fair, Food Town and Grand Market, is being purchased this month by Houston-based Grocers Supply Co., a wholesale grocery distributor to chains such as Fiesta Mart […]

Remke bigg’s Transfers In-Store Prescription Business to Walgreens

Remke bigg’s Transfers In-Store Prescription Business to Concentrate on Fresh Food and Quality Service Customer prescriptions to transfer to Walgreens Remke bigg’s today announced it is transferring all of its prescription business to Walgreens effective May 21, 2013, to more fully concentrate on its core business – fresh food and quality service. Since 1897 Remke […]

WiseWay Supermarkets Selling Seven Grocery Stores to Strack & Van Til

WiseWay Supermarkets Selling Seven Grocery Stores to Strack & Van Til WiseWay Supermarkets, headquartered in Merrillville, IN announced plans today to sell seven grocery stores to Strack & Van Til which has its corporate offices in Highland, IN. WiseWay Supermarkets currently operates eight stores under the names of WiseWay and PayLow in Northwest Indiana. It will […]

Roundy’s, Inc. Company Snapshot

Company overview and history Roundy’s is a 157-store conventional supermarket operator owned by Willis Stein & Partners. It operates stores in 3 Midwestern states (IL, MN, WI) under the banners Pick ‘n Save, Rainbow, Copps, Metro Market and Mariano’s Fresh Market. The company self-distributes to its stores through 3 distribution centers and a food processing […]

C&S Sells Southern Family Markets

Industry veteran Bill White leads buyout of Southern Family Markets from C&S BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Belle Foods, a company here formed by industry veteran Bill White, said Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire the Southern Family Markets chain, also based here. The agreement includes all 57 stores, which operate in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and […]