C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.

Compassion has poured forth from many in the retailing community in the past week, demonstrating the industry's eagerness to do what it can to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- A 301,626-square-foot building here being used as a distribution center by Keene, N.H.-based C&S Wholesale Grocers has been sold. In a deal for about $16.8 million, an unnamed buyer purchased the building from the Hampshire Companies, based in Morristown, N.J.

MONTVALE, N.J. -- In a move that has Wall Street applauding, the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. based here, said yesterday it has agreed to sell its Canadian operations to Metro, Inc., a leading Canadian supermarket and pharmaceutical operator based in Montreal. The $1.48 billion deal leaves A&P with a 15.8 percent ownership stake in Metro, two seats on Metro's board, multiple opportunities for knowledge sharing, and substantial cash proceeds that will allow A&P to focus on strengthening its retail operations in the northeastern United States.

MONTVALE, N.J. -- As was widely expected, The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. here said yesterday that it would transfer its U.S. distribution operations, including some warehouse facilities and related assets, to C&S Wholesale Grocers.

MONTVALE, N.J. -- The Great A&P Tea Co., based here, has revealed plans to shut down its Edison, N.J. warehouse next month, apparently as part of its plan to aggressively pare its operations.

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Southern Family Markets Acquisition, LLC, an affiliate of Brattleboro, Vt.-based C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc., has said that it would purchase 104 of the 426 stores currently owned by BI-LO, LLC, parent company of BI-LO and Bruno's, which said it would also sell an additional nine stores and close three others.

CHICAGO -- At the 2005 FMI Show here the Food Marketing Institute has awarded the 2005 Neighborhood Partnership Awards (NPA) to five companies: Food Lion, LLC of Salisbury, N.C.; C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. of Keene, N.H.; Ukrop's Super Markets, Inc. of Richmond, Va.; Wakefern Food Corp. of Edison, N.J.; and White Rose Food of Carteret, N.J. The annual awards, now in their ninth year, honor quality and distinction in supermarkets' community-based initiatives in the areas of youth development, hunger relief, health and wellness, and urban economic development.

CHICAGO -- International voluntary supermarket network IGA said it is restructuring its U.S. field service personnel to prepare for what it predicts will be "a strong growth year."