MINNEAPOLIS — Supervalu Inc. has agreed to sell its Save-A-Lot hard discount grocery chain to private equity firm Onex Corp. for $1.365 billion in cash. The deal comes more than year after Supervalu announced that it was exploring options for a separation of the Save-A-Lot business, including a possible spin-off into a stand-alone, publicly traded
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Supervalu Inc. announced on Wednesday the appointment of Mark Gross as president and chief executive officer, effective February 5. Gross, 52, will succeed Sam Duncan, who is retiring at the end of this month. Gross has more than two decades of experience in the grocery and wholesale industries. For the past
MINNEAPOLIS – Supervalu Inc. has named Eric Claus chief executive officer of its Save-A-Lot hard discount grocery chain. He is expected to start in that role on or before January 4. Ritchie Casteel, who has been serving as president and CEO of Save-A-Lot, will continue to serve as president, reporting to Claus. Casteel will continue
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. – Supervalu Inc. on Wednesday named Eric Claus as chief executive officer at Save-A-Lot, its retail food division. Claus brings more than three decades of retail experience to the job, which he will assume on or before January 4, Supervalu noted. On the date Claus assumes his new role, Ritchie Casteel will