Article: Associated Wholesale Grocers to Open Alps Store in Tulsa, Okla.

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.

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