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Piggly Wiggly owners to buy pair of Bi-Lo stores

Piggly Wiggly owners to buy pair of Bi-Lo stores C&S Wholesale Grocers-supplied operators expand in South Carolina, Georgia Russell Redman | Supermarket News | Dec 21, 2020 Supported by C&S Wholesale Grocers, two independent Piggly Wiggly owners plan to acquire one Bi-Lo supermarket in South Carolina and another in Georgia from Southeastern Grocers. C&S said […]

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Buy For Less Grocery has entered into agreements to sell seven of its eleven Oklahoma City metro locations

Buy For Less Grocery has entered into agreements to sell seven of its eleven Oklahoma City metro locations. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 15th, 2020 OKLAHOMA CITY– Multi-Banner, Buy For Less Grocery has entered into agreements to sell seven of its eleven Oklahoma City metro locations. Due to the unique branding and format of the various […]

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UNFI Reaches Definitive Agreements to Sell 13 Shoppers Food Stores

UNFI Reaches Definitive Agreements to Sell 13 Shoppers Food Stores December 06, 2019 Broader Efforts to Significantly Reduce Retail Footprint in FY20 Remain on Track PROVIDENCE, R.I., Dec. 6, 2019 / PRNewswire / — United Natural Foods, Inc. (NYSE: UNFI) (“UNFI” or the “Company”), today announced it has entered into definitive agreements to sell 13 of its […]

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Raley’s Closes 27 Pharmacy Locations

Raley’s Closes 27 Pharmacy Locations Raley’s announced plans today to close a portion of the company’s pharmacies. The company will transfer prescriptions from 27 Raley’s, Bel Air and Nob Hill pharmacies to a combination of Walgreens, CVS Pharmacy and Rite Aid locations. Raley’s will continue to operate 69 pharmacies located across California and Nevada. As […]

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Alex Lee Signs Agreement to Acquire W. Lee Flowers & Co.

Alex Lee Signs Agreement to Acquire W. Lee Flowers & Co. Acquisition Will Bring Together Two Carolinas-Born, Family-Owned Grocery and Distribution Organizations; Expand Geographic Footprint and Strengthen Buying Power HICKORY, N.C., Sept. 25, 2019 – Alex Lee, Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire W. Lee Flowers & Co., a wholesale and retail grocery […]

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Lauer’s Supermarket & Bakery in Chesterfield and Riviera Beach Sold

Lauer’s Supermarket & Bakery in Chesterfield and Riviera Beach Sold Lauer’s Supermarket & Bakery in Chesterfield and Riviera Beach to close after 45 years By BROOKS DUBOSE CAPITAL GAZETTE | SEP 16, 2019 | 4:56 PM Lauer’s Supermarket & Bakery will close both its locations after 45 years of operation, the owners announced in a […]

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H. Brooks and J&J Distributing produce firms bought; to become New Harvest Foods

H. Brooks and J&J Distributing produce firms bought; to become New Harvest Foods By PIONEER PRESS | news@pioneerpress.com PUBLISHED: May 23, 2019 at 3:29 pm | UPDATED: May 23, 2019 at 5:10 pm Two long-standing east metro produce firms have been bought and merged to create a new healthy foods company. J&J Distributing of St. […]

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Shoppers pharmacies purchased by CVS and Walgreens

Shoppers pharmacies purchased by CVS and Walgreens Shoppers to shut down all pharmacies By Rebecca Cooper – Senior Staff Reporter, Washington Business Journal Apr 24, 2019, 3:03pm EDT Updated Apr 24, 2019, 4:56pm EDT Shoppers will shutter all of pharmacies at its grocery stores in the D.C. and Baltimore area, starting with some closures this […]

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Stop & Shop to Acquire King Kullen Grocery Co.

Stop & Shop to Acquire King Kullen Grocery Co. January 04, 2019 11:30 ET | Source: Stop and Shop QUINCY, Mass., Jan. 04, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Stop & Shop announced today it has agreed to acquire King Kullen Grocery Co., Inc. The agreement includes King Kullen’s 32 supermarkets, five Wild by Nature stores and […]

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Publix acquires 2 Western Supermarkets

WESTERN MARKET PRESS RELEASE 1/4/2019 After 70 years, Western Supermarkets is discontinuing operations. “When I became involved in ownership in 1987”, owner Ken Hubbard said, “our goal was to maintain Western as Birmingham’s leading independent grocer. With the help of the loyal and talented people on the Western team, we’ve achieved that goal. We’ve taken […]

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