Spartan Stores, Inc., (Nasdaq:SPTN) today announced that it has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire 20 retail grocery stores, two fuel centers and three convenience stores, from G&R Felpausch Company, a privately held Hastings, Michigan-based retail grocery operator and current distribution customer. The retail stores include the operations of nine in-store pharmacies. Completion of

Location reflects Dallas-area strategies of both grocery chains. Thursday, January 4, 2007 By MARIA HALKIAS / The Dallas Morning News Whole Foods is moving into Lakewood, and Minyard is moving out. Whole Foods Market Inc. will announce today that it has bought the Lakewood Minyard Food Store and will tear it down to make way

Los Angeles, Calif., December 13, 2006 – Ralphs Grocery Co. today said it has reached a tentative agreement to sell eight Cala Foods and Bell Markets stores in the San Francisco Bay Area. DeLano Retail Partners has agreed to purchase the eight locations. Financial terms were not disclosed. “The sale of these stores is a

Most stores to be taken over by other grocers October 3, 2006 By Sandra Guy, Business Reporter Cub Foods will exit the Chicago area market by early December, and the stores will be sold to Central Grocers Cooperative and Grand Mart International Market, a Korean family-owned grocer. Among Central Grocers Cooperative’s members are Ultra, Garden

Giant Food will buy 14 of the supermarket outlets, and C&S Wholesale Grocers will get eight others. The prices of the transactions were not disclosed. By Harold Brubaker Inquirer Staff Writer Clemens Family Markets Inc., the largest local family-owned supermarket chain in the Philadelphia region, has agreed to be sold to competitor Giant Food Stores

SAN FRANCISCO (August 30, 2006) – DeLano Retail Partners here said it signed papers yesterday to purchase 11 Cala Foods and Bell Markets here from the Ralphs division of Kroger Co., Cincinnati. The new owner expects to take over the stores Nov. 1, pending landlord approval, operate them under their current names through the end

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (August 10, 2006) – Southern Family Markets here said yesterday it intends to completely exit the state of North Carolina, closing nine stores and exploring the sale of eight others. ìThere is never a good time to do this. However, we must act quickly to streamline our operations in these very competitive markets,î

By Jim Wasserman and Jon Ortiz — Bee Staff Writers In a deal symbolizing the growing prowess of independent, upscale grocery chains, Woodlandbased Nugget Markets Inc. said Monday it will open a new store in Elk Grove and another in either Roseville or El Dorado Hills at locations closed earlier this year by Ralphs. Nugget

August 2, 2006 Author: Times staff report Lowe’s Super Save, which currently operates three supermarkets in El Paso and one in Anthony, Texas, announced that it is purchasing Big 8 Foods’ 12 El Paso stores. The purchase is scheduled to close on Oct. 18. Download PDF of Press Release

Mark Chediak | Sentinel Staff Writer Posted July 29, 2006 Winn-Dixie Stores Inc., which is emerging from bankruptcy, said Friday it plans to close seven Florida stores and lay off more than 570 workers including 125 at a closing Deltona store. The Jacksonville-based grocery-store chain disclosed the decision in a filing with the state. Other