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ACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Based on distributions to its creditors, no single owner of Winn-Dixie's newly issued stock will wind up with more than 5% ownership, the retailer here said. In a statement, Winn-Dixie said that it had 54.5 million shares of...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Southern Family Markets here will be closing its seven stores in Tennessee on or before Dec. 9, sources told SN on Wednesday. Employees at the stores, in Shelbyville, Tullahoma, Columbia, Pulaski, Lavergne, Manchester, and...
INDIANAPOLIS - Marsh Supermarkets here raised about $77.8 million by selling eight supermarkets to a real estate company and agreeing to lease them back, according to the properties' buyer, H&R REIT of Toronto. The eight properties acquired by H&R...
MODESTO, Calif. - Save Mart Supermarkets here expects to convert most of the stores it is acquiring from Albertsons LLC in Northern California and northern Nevada to its own banner, with only a handful likely to become FoodMaxx warehouse stores...
WOOSTER, Ohio - Buehler's Food Markets here said it would acquire the assets and lease of a Tops Markets store in Brunswick, Ohio, and convert it to the Buehler's name. Brunswick is a suburb of Cleveland in Medina County, where Buehler's operates...
MONTREAL - Canadian supermarket operator Metro in a statement Monday said it was "disappointed" by more than 300 union workers who called a strike at Metro's grocery warehouse here Friday. "We regret this situation especially since Metro generally...
MODESTO, Calif. - Save Mart Supermarkets here will more than double its store count once the deal is finalized for the 124-store operator to acquire all 132 Albertsons stores in Northern California and Northern Nevada. While other operators made...
NATICK, Mass. - BJ's Wholesale Club last week said Mike Wedge has resigned as president and chief executive officer of the 171-unit club-store operator, based here. Wedge, 53, had been the top executive at BJ's since September 2002 and had been...
BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores here said Saturday that same-store stores were expected to be down 0.1% for November, marking a slow start for the holiday season at the world's largest retailer. That follows comp-store sales gains of less than...
COLTON, Calif. - Stater Bros. Markets has partnered with many local charities to help feed more than 60,000 people this Thanksgiving. Leading up to Thanksgiving, Stater Bros. assisted qualified organizations that feed the hungry by making a...