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Article: Associated Wholesale Grocers to Open Alps Store in Tulsa, Okla.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- December 6, 2001
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By Debbie Blossom, Tulsa World, Okla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Dec. 6--Even as one regional grocery chain drastically decreases its Tulsa presence, another store is planning a Tulsa debut.
Alps, a chain of discount grocery stores and a subsidiary of Kansas City, Kan.-based Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc., is scheduled to open Jan. 3 in a former Bud's site at 1530 S. Lewis Ave.
The Tulsa location is Alps' first in Oklahoma, and the 13th store to open since Alps was introduced -- in Kansas -- last February.
Homeland Holding Corp. announced Monday that it's closing nine groceries stores in the Tulsa area.
Alps ...