(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-29 18:04 UPDATE 1-Supervalu to sell six Bigg's Stores, close five

03/29/10 LOS ANGELES, March 29 (Reuters) - Grocer Supervalu Inc said it would sell six Cincinnati-area Bigg's stores and their pharmacies to employee-owned Remke Markets and close its five remaining Bigg's stores. The shares of Supervalu, which has been shedding assets amid a turnaround effort, were up nearly 1 percent on the news. Minneapolis-based Supervalu said the sales are set to close this spring ...

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Bigg's chain to cut 547 jobs in Ohio, Ky.

04/02/10 Bigg's grocery stores plan to cut 436 jobs in southwest Ohio and 111 in northern Kentucky as part of planned closures and selloffs in the region. Notice filed by the chain owned by Minneapolis-based Supervalu Inc. comes after Erlanger, Ky.-based regional... SuperValu - Ohio - Kentucky - Grocery store - Minneapolis

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Thinking Outside the Small Box

04/11/11 For a little store, Save-A-Lot has an awfully big footprint to fill. The limited-assortment retailer, a division of Minneapolis-based Supervalu, has set a goal of doubling its store count to some 2,400 locations by 2015. Some see tremendous upside potential for the hard-discount format in the United States, where no-frills grocery stores specializing in store-brand product and rock-bottom prices ...

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