Article: TOPS Markets Announces Buyer for Stores in Northeast Ohio.

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y., Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- TOPS Markets today announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell 18 stores to Giant Eagle, Inc., headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. These stores are located in Cuyahoga, Summit, Lorain, Medina and Huron counties in Northeast Ohio. The closing of the transaction is expected in the fourth quarter of 2006 and is subject to customary closing conditions.

TOPS and Giant Eagle have been working together with the leadership of the Local 880 United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union and Local 19 of the Bakers, Confectioners, Tobacconists, and Grain Millers (BCTGM) union to preserve as many of the full ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!