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Yucaipa Is Lone Bidder for Fresh & Easy
LOS ANGELES — Fresh & Easy said it has canceled the auction for its stores after Yucaipa Cos. here was the lone bidder.
November 19, 2013
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LOS ANGELES — Fresh & Easy said it has canceled the auction for its stores after Yucaipa Cos. here was the lone bidder.
In documents filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del., Fresh & Easy said a hearing to approve Yucaipa’s bid is scheduled for this Friday.
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Under the proposed deal, an affiliate of Tesco, Fresh & Easy's British-based parent company, would lend YFE Holdings, a Yucaipa affiliate, approximately $126.5 million to help fund the acquisition, with Tesco receiving warrants to buy 22.5% of the equity in the reorganized company, according to published reports.
Fresh & Easy operates 167 stores in California, Arizona and Nevada.
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