Deals

MINNEAPOLIS - Roundy's has emerged as the winner of an auction to acquire 31 Rainbow Foods supermarkets in the Twin Cities area from bankrupt Fleming Cos.

MINNEAPOLIS - A Duluth, Minn.-based grocery chain intends to submit a bid for 31 Rainbow Foods Stores, according to a report in the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

AMSTERDAM/NEW YORK - A probe into a damaging accounting scandal at Dutch retail giant Ahold will lay the blame on just a few middle managers at its U.S. Foodservice unit, a source told Reuters on Wednesday.

DALLAS - Fleming Companies Inc. on Monday said it plans to sell 31 Minnesota-based Rainbow Foods stores to Roundy's Inc.

SANTIAGO, Chile - Chilean retailer D&S said on Tuesday it may try to block the sale of Chilean assets by Dutch group Ahold through legal action aimed at forcing Ahold to fully repay an outstanding debt.

Zaandam, The Netherlands -- Ahold has reached agreement to sell its Indonesian operation to PT Hero Supermarket Tbk for approximately Euro 12 million, excluding proceeds from the sale of store inventory.

AMSTERDAM - Royal Ahold NV declined Thursday to comment on market rumors that U.K. supermarket chain Tesco PLC is looking at the possibility of taking it over.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Target Corp. here plans on buying a 1.4 million square-foot distribution center in Montgomery County in upstate New York from bankrupt rival discounter Kmart Corp., pending bankruptcy court approval.