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• Big 4 continue to dominate top 100 markets

  - 1999-10-11

  NEW YORK -- It comes as no shock that the megachains dominate the leadership of the top 100 drug store markets. In what is a repeat scenario from last year, Walgreen Co., CVS Corp., Rite Aid Corp. and Eckerd Corp. hold the No. 1 or 2 share in 98...

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• Ahold expands in U.S. with Pathmark purchase

  - 1999-04-12

  ZAANDAM, The Netherlands -- Royal Ahold NV has agreed to purchase the Pathmark Stores Inc. supermarket chain. The acquisition, which adds Pathmark's 132 grocery and food/drug combination stores in greater New York and other Mid-Atlantic states to Ahold's roster, solidifies the Dutch retailer's hold on the supermarket industry on...

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• Royal Ahold to Cut Jobs at Amherst, N.Y.-Based Supermarket Chain.

  - 1999-03-12

  Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 11 -- A decision by Royal Ahold, the parent company of Tops Markets Inc., to establish a central accounting office for its U.S. operations will eliminate 135 Tops jobs. Tops' Dutch parent company announced plans Tuesday to...

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• Royal Ahold to Cut Jobs at Tops Markets in Western New York.

  - 1999-03-10

  Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 10 -- A decision by Royal Ahold, the parent company of Tops Markets Inc., to establish a central accounting office for its U.S. operations will eliminate 135 Tops jobs. Tops' Dutch parent company announced plans Tuesday to...

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• Dutch Owner of Giant Food to Purchase Pathmark.

  - 1999-03-10

  Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 10 -- Royal Ahold, the Dutch company that owns Giant Food Stores Inc. of Carlisle and other U.S. supermarket chains, said Tuesday it will buy Pathmark Stores Inc. for $250 million and assume $1.5 billion in Pathmark debt. ...

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• Dutch Retailer Set to Acquire New Jersey Chain of Grocers.

  - 1999-03-10

  Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 10 -- Royal Ahold NV, the parent company of Giant Food Inc. in Landover, will buy New Jersey grocery chain Pathmark Stores Inc. for $1.75 billion and consolidate the accounting departments of its five other U.S. companies. ...

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