Tidyman’s Selling off Last Eight Stores
JUNE 22, 2006 — SPOKANE, Wash. — The Tidyman’s supermarket chain here, which once operated 21 stores in three states until a sexual discrimination lawsuit led to financial woes, will sell its remaining eight stores, according to a published report. A news release from the company, which is 60 percent owned by its employees under […]
Associated Wholesalers, Inc. and White Rose Food to Merge
JUNE 19, 2006 — ROBESONIA, Pa. and CARTERET, N.J. — Two major grocery distributors in the Northeast U.S. are joining forces. Cooperative food distributor Associated Wholesaler’s Inc. (AWI) in Robesonia, Pa. is merging with White Rose Food, the largest independent wholesale food distributor in the New York City metropolitan area, sources told Progressive Grocer on […]
Following Auction, Winn-Dixie Reaches Agreement to Sell 21 Stores
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. (WNDXQ) today announced that following a successful auction on May 9, it has reached agreements to sell 21 stores to 14 purchasers. These stores are part of the 35 locations that the Company closed earlier this year following a thorough evaluation of its entire store base. […]
Supervalu Inc. has sold nine Shop ‘n Save stores in Allegheny County this week
Grocers take stock of themselves By C.M. Mortimer TRIBUNE-REVIEW Saturday, March 25, 2006 Increasing competition from Wal-Mart Inc. and Target is forcing a series of ownership changes among local franchised supermarkets. Supervalu Inc. has sold nine Shop ‘n Save stores in Allegheny County this week and is in various stages of negotiations for the sale […]
Food City to Buy 8 Tennessee Bi-Lo Stores
FEBRUARY 21, 2006 — ABINGDON, Va. — K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc., parent company of regional chain Food City, said Friday it is buying eight Bi-Lo locations in Knoxville, Oak Ridge, and Maryville, Tenn., a move that will increase its market share in Knox County to around 30 percent. Download PDF of Press Release
Ralphs said to be putting Northern California stores on the block
By Gwen Mickelson Sentinel staff writer Ralphs appears to have joined fellow chain grocer Albertsons as a market that’s on the market. Kroger Co., the Cincinnati parent company of Ralphs and one of the nation’s largest grocery retailers, is putting the Northern California stores up for sale, according to a report Monday in the Sacramento […]
The Food Partners Advises Fleming in Successful Bid to Acquire Furr’s
Investment banking firm instrumental in helping Fleming mount successful bid to acquire ailing firm’s assets, says Fleming’s Hildreth. June 29, 2001, Washington, DC – The Food Partners (TFP), a national investment banking firm focusing exclusively on the food chain, said today that it advised Lewisville, TX-based Fleming Companies, Inc. in connection with the company’s successful bid […]