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After months of speculation that a sale was in the offing, Spartan Stores Inc. is effectively exiting the stand-alone drug store business by selling 12 of its 14 Pharm stores to Rite Aid Corp. for $12.8 million, plus the value of inventory.

Wholesalers are helping to push pricing and promotion optimization technology to independent grocers, and now regional chains are in the game.

The Penn. grocer's lawsuit is the fourth action alleging "chocolate conspiracy" filed in U.S. since last year, in an increasingly bitter dispute over prices.

The retailer denies wrongdoing in case involving revised earning guidance from 2005

The retailer denies wrongdoing in case involving revised earning guidance from 2005

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - In celebration of his fifth year of leadership at Spartan Stores Inc. here, Craig Sturken, chairman/c.e.o., will ring the NASDAQ opening bell on Monday, March 3.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - In celebration of his fifth year of leadership at Spartan Stores Inc. here, Craig Sturken, chairman/c.e.o., will ring the NASDAQ opening bell on Monday, March 3.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Thanks to a gain from real estate sales and the lack of an impairment charge that pounded last year's quarterly results, Nash Finch Co. swung to a profit in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 29.