Houchens Industries, Inc.

CHICAGO -- Eight IGA retailers, including operators in Ohio, Kentucky, Connecticut, and Illinois, were singled out to receive the 2007 IGA International Retailer of the Year awards from among the over 4,000 IGA retailers operating worldwide.

BOWLING GREEN, Ken. -- Houchens Industries Inc. here has sold its CBHC Inc./Commonwealth Brands cigarette subsidiary to London-based Imperial Tobacco Group PLC for $1.9 billion, making the latter the first European cigarette company to enter the United States in a decade.

BOWLING GREEN, Ken. -- Houchens Industries Inc. here has sold its CBHC Inc./Commonwealth Brands cigarette subsidiary to London-based Imperial Tobacco Group PLC for $1.9 billion, making the latter the first European cigarette company to enter the United States in a decade.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The Kentucky Grocers Association here inducted Ruel and Suel Houchens, retired executives from Houchens Industries, into the Kentucky Grocers Hall of Fame during a recent luncheon Bowling Green, Ky.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- George W. Griffin, chairman emeritus of London, Ky.-based wholesaler Laurel Grocery Co., was recently honored as the first inductee into the Kentucky Grocers Hall of Fame by the Kentucky Grocers Association/Kentucky Association of Convenience Stores (KGA/KACS), based here.