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Rouses to buy out area Sav-A-Centers

Posted by Ronette King September 15, 2007 12:08PM Rouses Markets has struck a deal to acquire all 18 of the Sav-A-Center and A&P stores in the area, plus two more in Mississippi, from the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. The deal, which will be announced today, turns a Thibodaux chain best known for stocking […]

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Spartan Stores Announces The Closing Of Five Pharm Retail Stores

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Spartan Stores, Inc., (NASDAQ:SPTN) today announced it is closing five Pharm retail stores and one convenience store, which was acquired through the recent Felpausch acquisition, by the end of September, 2007. The decision to close the stores was based on a comprehensive evaluation of the stores’ performance trends, longterm growth prospects, on-going […]

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HEB buys Albertson’s stores

Austin Business Journal – 11:49 AM CDT Wednesday, September 12, 2007 The H.E. Butt Grocery Co. will acquire five Albertson’s store locations. HEB is buying stores in Austin and Round Rock, on Gattis School Road in Round Rock, Research Boulevard, South Pleasant Valley Road and Highway 290 West in Austin and Capital of Texas Highway […]

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Former Albertsons acquired

Argonaut owners, Illinois group buy 17 empty buildings By John Rebchook, Rocky Mountain News September 5, 2007 A private real estate investment company headed by the owners of the storied Argonaut Liquors store in Denver have teamed up with a Chicago-area company to buy 17 former Albertsons grocery stores along the Front Range. Although best […]

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New Leaf, Peet’s finalize deals

Wednesday, August 08, 2007 By Lewis Rutherfurd [ lewis@hmbreview.com ] New Leaf Community Markets and Peet’s Coffee and Tea have both signed contracts to open stores in a Half Moon Bay strip center. The Santa Cruz-based grocery chain will move into the old Albertsons location at the intersection of highways 1 and 92 and will […]

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Independent grocers step in; Kroger purchases 20 sites

Farmer Jack exit spares both stores in Detroit. July 6, 2007 BY MARGARITA BAUZA FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER Editor’s note: This story incorrectly reported the areas Farmer Jack’s owner, the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., is leaving. In fact, it is not leaving the Maryland and Washington, D.C., markets. Farmer Jack will cease to […]

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Williams Grocery buys Albertsons stores

The Albertsons grocery store at Bryant and Danforth in Edmond is one of six purchased last week by Williams Discount Foods. BY PAUL B. SOUTHERLAND, THE OKLAHOMAN By Tricia Pemberton Staff Writer Williams Discount Foods bought six of the 23 Albertsons stores that were sold statewide last week. Two of the stores are in Oklahoma […]

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McNamara Florist goes independent again

Star report FISHERS, Ind. — McNamara Florist is again an independent, locally owned business. President Toomie Farris announced today the acquisition of the 54-year Indiana florist in an undisclosed deal with Marsh Supermarkets and its parent company, Florida-based Sun Capital Partners. Farris said he is the principal shareholder. “We’d better be sticking around for a […]

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Spartan Stores Completes the Acquisition of 20 Supermarkets from G&R Felpausch

Spartan Stores, Inc., (Nasdaq: SPTN) today announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of 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 transaction is expected to increase the Company’s annual retail segment […]

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Unified Western Grocers Signs Letter of Understanding with Associated Grocers

(LOS ANGELES) — Unified Western Grocers, Inc. (Unified) announced today it has signed a letter of understanding to purchase certain assets and assume certain liabilities of Associated Grocers, Inc. (AG), Seattle, Wash. Terms of the potential transaction were not disclosed. The transaction is subject to completion of due diligence, the execution of a definitive purchase […]

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