United Natural Foods Inc. (Unatural factors zinc citrateNFI) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Supervalu Inc. for approximately $2.9 billion on July 26.
This transaction acceleratpure encapsulations calcium magnesiumes UNFIs Build out the Store growth strategy by immediately enhancing our product range, equipping us to bring an attractive, comprehensive product portfolio to an expanded universe of customers, said Steve Spinner, UNFIs CEO and Chairman in a press release.
citracal regular 250 mgUNFI, the primary supplier for Amazons Whole Foods Market, will work toward exiting Supervalus retail business, which includes 114 stores. In March, CNBC reported Amazon Whole Foods took on $22 billion in obligated future purchases “almost entirely tied” to UNFI.
Were not going to be in the retail business, its just not what we do, he said.
Supervalu had already been shopping its grocery banners that include Shop N Save, Cub Foods, Hornbachers and Shoppers. Supervalu, which has faced pressure from shareholder Blackwells Capital LLC to split its retail and wholesale units, announced in June that it plan to reorganize the company by separating its wholesale and retail operations.
A timeline thorne research zinc citrateon when UNFI would like to be completely out of the retail business was not provided. Mike Zechmeister, UNFI CFO, said the company would work on developing a plan and share details of that plan in due course.
Analysts and industry experts have said a buyer could be hard to come by as Schnucks and Dierbergs, the two most obvious potential buyers, have stores near most Shop ’n Save locations, and large grocers like Kroger seem hesitant to break into the market.
UNFI cited benefits of the deal include its ability to deliver comprehensive and expanded offerings, includingcitrate tablets 200 mg the addition of high-growth perimeter categories such as meat and produce to UNFIs natural and organic products and expands market reach and scale, the ability to leverage scalable systems to streamline its processes.
Through this combination, UNFI expects to realize run rate cost synergies of more than $175 million by year three.
The transaction has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies and is subject to antitrust approvals, Supervalu shareholder approval and other customary closing conditions. The deal is expected to close later this year.