Deals

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Convenience store distributor Core-Mark International Inc. has announced it is entertaining bids for the company, according to Reuters.

WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- U.K. supermarket operator J Sainsbury has said that its U.S. subsidiary, Shaw's Supermarkets, has agreed to buy five stores from Vermont-based GU Markets.

LONDON - Britain cleared family-run William Morrison Supermarkets Plc to buy rival Safeway Plc on Friday, Reuters reports. Losing out on the bid for the country's fourth largest supermarket chain are Tesco Plc, Wal-Mart's Asda and J Sainsbury.

AMSTERDAM -- Dutch supermarket retailer Royal Ahold NV said today that it has successfully completed the sale of its 100 percent interest in Supermercados Stock S.A. to A.J. Vierci.

LOS ANGELES -- Smart & Final Inc. today reported it has completed the previously announced divestitures of its foodservice direct delivery business units and its Florida stores, to reposition the company's focus on its core western U.S. store operations.

MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota-based agribusiness giant Cargill Inc. on Friday announced a $385 million bid to an offer that would top the $363.5 million bid by Smithfield Foods Inc.

NEW YORK - Wal-Mart is looking to open its first store in the five New York boroughs, Crain's New York Business reported on Sunday.

MASSILLON, Ohio -- Supervalu, Inc. announced it is closing the former Fleming Companies warehouse here that it is buying from C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc., putting about 850 people out of work.