Tag Archive: retailers
Texas Retail Giant Spec’s Victim Of Data Breach
Texas retail chain Spec’s Wine, Spirits and Finer Foods announced Friday that financial information for more than half a million customers may have been exposed in what the company is calling a sophisticated hacking scheme. Continue reading →
Posted in News on March 31, 2014Albertsons-Safeway Merger Set To Proceed
Following the end of the “go-shop” period, the proposed $9 billion Safeway-Albertsons merger is now set to go before the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for review. Continue reading →
Posted in News on March 31, 2014Cerberus-Led Consortium Plans To Merge Safeway And Albertsons In $9 Billion Deal
Grocery chains Safeway and Albertsons are set to merge, as a Cerberus Capital-led consortium, which already owns Albertsons, has agreed to acquire Safeway for $9 billion in a deal expected to close in the fourth quarter. Continue reading →
Posted in News on March 7, 2014News Briefs for January 7, 2013
•Terlato Wines has sold the vineyards and production facility associated with Sonoma-based Alderbrook Winery, while retaining the winery’s brands and inventory. Continue reading →
Posted in News on January 7, 2014Liquor Expansion By Grocery Player Coborn’s Is Latest Move In Midwest Consolidation Game
The recent deal by Minnesota-based grocery chain Coborn’s to acquire five North Dakota liquor stores is the latest development in an upper Midwest market that’s been seeing some interesting expansion moves by major players. Continue reading →
Posted in News on December 13, 2013Chicago’s Wine Discount Center Is Renamed Vin Chicago As New Generation Takes Charge
The Wine Discount Center, a four-store retail chain based in metro Chicago and led for years by Howard “Bud” Schwarzbach, a 1999 Market Watch Leader, has a new name and a new owner. Continue reading →
Posted in News on December 10, 2013
