Independents / Regional Grocers

TAMPA, Fla. -- A change in the ownership of Kash n' Karry Food Stores here may be completed by the end of the chain's fiscal year in August, SN learned last week.A spokeswoman for Leonard Green & Partners -- a Los Angeles investment group that controls Kash n' Karry -- said last week that four food-industry players have expressed interest in taking some type of ownership position in the retailer.She

byMark Tosh