Real Estate

ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- Privately held natural foods supermarket chain Earth Fare, based here, said yesterday it is selling one of its stores in Greenville, S.C., in an effort to consolidate its operations in the town into its much larger Pelham Road location.

CINCINNATI -- A Northern California newspaper reported that the Kroger Co., based here, is putting its stores in the region under the Ralphs banner up for sale, in the wake of disappointing sales.

PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Donald Fry, founder of the Fry's supermarket chain here, died Tuesday at the age of 92.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The U.S. Trustee representing the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. here has disbanded the Equity Security Committee that represented stockholders in the company, according to a report in the Jacksonville Business Journal.

CARTERET, N.J. -- Pathmark here will shutter two underperforming stores this month, one in Warminster, Pa. and another in Freehold, N.J.

AMSTERDAM -- The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in Baltimore Friday granted preliminary approval of the $1.1 billion securities class action settlement agreed to in November by Royal Ahold management and shareholders.

LONDON -- Sir Terry Leahy, chief executive of Tesco, told the Sunday Observer here that his company will not make a significant acquisition in the United States, instead eyeing expansion in China.

CHESTER, N.Y. -- By a six-to-one vote, the town planning board here has this week approved a proposal for Keene, N.H.-based C&S Wholesale Grocer to build a 90-foot-high, 373,547-square foot refrigerated warehouse in an industrial complex, bringing to a close a protracted battle between developers and some planning board members.