Deals

MILWAUKEE -- Roundy's Supermarkets based here plans to open 15 to 25 as-yet-unnamed grocery stores in Chicago over the next several years, according to press reports.

BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- Redmond Supermarket LLC, a Haggen, Inc. subsidiary, is purchasing the last remaining Larry's Market store from Supermarket Management Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Associated Grocers that has operated the store since October 2006.

BOULDER, Colo. - Natural and organic foods retailer Sunflower Farmer's Market here yesterday said it had added Kim D. Sims as director of real estate, to help drive an expansion scheme to include six to eight store openings per year, in new markets as well as existing ones.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is getting closer to making its new small-scale grocery stores a reality in Arizona, according to city planning officials cited in a Reuters report.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- The Penn Traffic Co. said last week that it will close five underperforming stores on Feb. 23 as part of its goal to boost the grocer's long-term financial performance and allow itself to reinvest in its core store portfolio.

CINCINNATI -- The Kroger Co.'s Hutchinson, Kan.-based Dillon Stores division has struck a deal with HAC, Inc., a subsidiary of Associated Wholesale Grocers, to acquire three Homeland Stores.

CINCINNATI -- The Kroger Co.'s Hutchinson, Kan.-based Dillon Stores division has struck a deal with HAC, Inc., a subsidiary of Associated Wholesale Grocers, to acquire three Homeland Stores.

SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- Hannaford Supermarkets has bought the Orion Center, a retail property located off Route 1 in the grocer's hometown here. The two-building, 15-acre property, which Hannaford purchased Dec. 27 from Dead River Properties, has sat vacant for over two years.