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Topco Seeks to Buy Wild Oats Brand

WASHINGTON — Retailer-owned private-label cooperative Topco Associates, based in Skokie, Ill., is seeking to buy the Wild Oats brand name and other intellectual property from Whole Foods, according to a filing with the Federal Trade Commission here. The filing also lists Fullerton, Calif.-based food-product supplier Luberski Inc. as a potential buyer for the Wild Oats […]

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Whole Foods Divests Another Wild Oats

PORTLAND, Maine — Whole Foods Market has agreed to sell a Wild Oats location here to Trader Joe’s East, according to a filing by the Federal Trade Commission Wednesday seeking comment on the proposed divestiture. Download PDF of Press Release

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Whole Foods to Sell Two Wild Oats Stores

WASHINGTON — Whole Foods Market has found buyers for two of the former Wild Oats stores it must divest by order of the Federal Trade Commission, according to a filing by the FTC here. Download PDF of Press Release

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Brookshire’s to pull out

Closing 2, selling 2 metro-area stores Jeff Ayres • jeff.ayres@jackson.gannett.com • January 14, 2010 The Brookshire’s grocery store at Ridgewood Road and Adkins Boulevard is one of two company groceries being closed in the Jackson market. Two metro-area stores will be sold to Kroger. (Rick Guy/The Clarion-Ledger). Download PDF of Press Release

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Sedano’s Supermarkets Expands To Orlando

Nation’s Number One Hispanic Retailer Acquires Three Central Florida Locations MIAMI — November 6, 2009 — Sedano’s Supermarkets, the number one Hispanic retailer in the United States, announced today that it will acquire three Albertsons supermarket locations in Central Florida. This acquisition marks Sedano’s Supermarkets’ first expansion beyond its South Florida headquarters and brings the […]

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Food Lion aims for Bi-Lo

Jobs likely to be offered to grocer’s workers By David Dykes ‐ The Greenville News   Bi-Lo said Monday it has tentatively agreed to sell a substantial majority of the food retailer’s assets to the Belgian operator of the Food Lion supermarket chain. Officials of Mauldin-based Bi-Lo and the Delhaize Group of Brussels said they had signed a […]

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Times Agrees To Acquire Star Markets

Acquisition Expands Times’ Reach to Neighbor Islands HONOLULU – Hawaii-based QSI Inc., the parent company of Times Supermarkets, today announced with Star Markets that they have signed a definitive agreement for QSI to purchase Star’s seven supermarket locations. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the transaction is expected to close in […]

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FMS, Inc. Announces Transition to A 100% Employee Ownership (ESOP) Company

FMS Empowers its Clients Through Services and now Empowers its Employees for the Company’s Future Success Baltimore, MD May 29, 2009 – FMS, Inc (www.FMSSolutions.com) announced today the transition from a partial Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) company to a 100% employee-owned company effective Wednesday, May 27, 2009. FMS was founded by John Schock in […]

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Central, Certified Consolidate in New DC

May 12, 2009 6:00 AM JOLIET, Ill. — Central Grocers Cooperative here has completed its merger with Certified Grocers Midwest with the opening of a new distribution center here and the transition of Certified’s business to the new facility. Download PDF of Press Release

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AWG Buys Assets From Bankrupt Co-Op

May 7, 2009 6:00 AM, By ELLIOT ZWIEBACH KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Associated Wholesale Grocers here has begun supplying most of the former members of Affiliated Foods Southwest after entering into an agreement with the Little Rock-based member-owned cooperative to purchase certain assets from it, primarily the inventory. Download PDF of Press Release

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