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Investor Group Buys Back Southeastern Grocers Banners from Aldi

Retail TouchPoints

A consortium of private investors led by the current CEO and President of Southeastern Grocers Inc. along with C&S Wholesale Grocers , has acquired Southeastern Grocers and its Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket banners. Financial terms of the current deal were not disclosed.

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C&S Wholesale to Buy SpartanNash

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C&S Wholesale Grocers LLC (Keene, N.H.) The stability of the combined organization will allow the combined company and its customers to better compete against various extremely large global grocers in the U.S. said it plans to acquire SpartanNash Co. Grand Rapids, Mich.) for $26.90 billion, including assumed net debt.

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Lidl given green light to open first ever in-store pub

Retail Gazette

Lidl was first granted planning permission for the pub back in August 2020, however the plan was objected by complete drinks wholesaler Philip Russell Ltd. Despite this, Colton ruled that the grocer had established the “inadequacy” of local pub offerings.

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Fast Retailing, Inditex among the biggest family-owned retailers in the world

Inside Retail

Schwarz Group The parent company of German supermarket chains Lidl and Kaufland is owned by Dieter Schwarz, son of its founder Josef Schwarz. Elo France’s Elo is the owner of supermarket chain Auchan, which was founded in 1961 by Gérard Mulliez and has its headquarters in Croix, France. The Walton family currently holds 45.5

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Morrisons bolsters senior leadership team for growth and expansion

Retail Gazette

The supermarket giant has poached Lidl’s chief operating officer Matt Heslop as its new director of convenience and wholesale. Lebon brings over 39 years of experience in supermarket retailing, having most recently served as executive director of supermarkets and hypermarkets at Carrefour.

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Tesco set for revenue boost despite grocery price war fears

Retail Gazette

During its most recent update, the UK’s biggest supermarket, said it was considering replacing its barcodes with QR codes, said it had pulled in its highest market share in nearly nine years, hitting 29% of the industry’s sales. Tesco’s UK and Ireland like for like revenues, excluding fuel and VAT, rose 3.7%

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Ocado Retail CCO to exit after less than two years

Retail Gazette

He started as the UK’s biggest supermarket’s head of group strategy in 2014, before going on to lead retail operations at Tesco’s west London convenience stores and serve as category head of cooking ingredients and global grocery. Chitnis was named as director of trading at Booker Wholesale, a subsidiary of Tesco, in 2020.

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