NEWS
By Gadi Dechter and John-John Williams IV and Gadi Dechter and John-John Williams IV,Sun reporters | May 30, 2008
The FBI is investigating Sen. Ulysses Currie, a leading Prince George's County Democrat, in connection with his consulting work for Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, a spokeswoman for parent company Supervalu in Minnesota said yesterday. Richard Wolf, an FBI spokesman in Baltimore, said that agents visited Currie's District Heights home yesterday afternoon after also serving a search warrant at Shoppers Food Warehouse's corporate headquarters in Lanham. "It's an ongoing investigation," said Wolf, who declined to provide additional information.
BUSINESS
By Hanah Cho and Hanah Cho,Sun reporter | February 16, 2007
Supermarket giant Supervalu Inc. is closing its Harford County grocery distribution center and two others in Pennsylvania because the company wants to consolidate its supply chain network. The three centers, including those in Harrisburg and Easton, Pa., will be merged into the company's Lancaster, Pa., plant, the company announced Wednesday. The move will affect 600 people, including 90 workers at the Perryman facility, Supervalu spokeswoman Haley Meyer said yesterday. She would not say whether the affected workers would be laid off or relocated to Lancaster.
BUSINESS
By JERRY HIRSCH and JERRY HIRSCH,LOS ANGELES TIMES | January 24, 2006
LOS ANGELES -- Burdened with aging stores and growing competition, Albertson's Inc. said yesterday that it had agreed to be sold and broken into three pieces. The transaction could lead to a refurbishment of Albertson's stores in Southern California and would make CVS Corp. the largest drugstore chain in the region. Yesterday's announcement follows months of negotiations and a complete breakdown in talks in late December. The company said an investor group that includes grocery store chain Supervalu Inc., CVS and private investment firms Cerberus Capital Management and Kimco Realty Corp.
BUSINESS
By Meredith Cohn and Meredith Cohn,SUN STAFF | February 6, 2003
A Harford County warehouse owned by SuperValu Inc. was sold to a Chicago-based real estate investment trust that plans to fill it with other businesses and add a new building next door, the buyer confirmed yesterday. In one of the area's first big industrial deals of the year, First Industrial Realty Trust Inc. bought the 527,600-square-foot warehouse off Interstate 95 and will lease a portion back to the grocery operator and wholesaler. SuperValu, which uses a little over a third of the warehouse, bought the building in 1994 for about $20 million and was asking $21.5 million.
BUSINESS
By SHANNON D. MURRAY and SHANNON D. MURRAY,SUN STAFF | April 19, 2000
Supervalu Inc., the parent of Metro Food Markets and Shoppers Food Warehouse, said yesterday that it will consolidate the administrative functions of the two chains -- a move that will result in the departure of Metro founder and President John Ryder. Ryder, who has worked in the retail food industry for 25 years, was not available for comment yesterday, but said in a statement that he will reveal his plans later. The combined operation will be headed by Bill White, current president of Lanham-based Shoppers Food Warehouse, the third-largest grocery chain in the Washington market with 37 stores.
BUSINESS
By Lorraine Mirabella and Lorraine Mirabella,SUN STAFF | September 1, 1999
Supervalu Inc. completed yesterday its acquisition of Richfood Holdings Inc., the owner of Catonsville-based Metro Food Markets, for $1.5 billion in stock, cash and assumed debt.With the addition of the $4 billion food wholesaler and retailer based in Richmond, Va., Supervalu strengthens its position as the nation's biggest grocery distributor and becomes the 10th-largest supermarket operator in the United States.The purchase is expected to increase the Minneapolis company's retail store sales by more than 35 percent, to about $8 billion, with total annual sales of $25 billion.