ACME

Thursday, January 10, 2013 -- Supervalu has announced the sale of five of its grocery store chains, including Albertson's, owner of Acme Markets, to an investor group led by Cerberus Capit

January 5, 2012

The Motley Fool, by Dan Dzombak, May 13, 2011

Warren Buffett's partner, Charlie Munger, once said, "I think I've been in the top 5% of my age cohort all my life in understanding the power of incentives, and all my life I've underestimated it. And never a year passes but I get some surprise that pushes my limit a little farther."

SeekingAlpha.com, by David Sterman, December 13, 2010
 

The rules of a paired trade are quite simple. Find a good company and make a bullish investment while also finding a lousy company in the same industry and make a bearish short investment against it.

That logic surely applies when two companies appear comparably valued. But what do you do when the solid operator appears quite overpriced and the lousy operator appears to be far too cheap? Well, you have to turn the paired trade theory on its head.

Philadelphia Inquirer, by Maria Panaritis, April 28, 2011

Acme Markets announced Thursday that it is laying off about 900 of the 14,000 employees at its 117 stores in and around Philadelphia, South Jersey, Delaware and Maryland

Dan Sanders, president of Malvern-based Acme, a division of Supervalu Inc., informed union leaders Thursday morning and sharedthe news with employees around lunchtime through satellite broadcasts to stores, Sanders said.

Thursday, April 28, 2011 – In a meeting held today, Acme Markets  reported that it will eliminate the jobs of 400 Local 1776 members.  This  will be part of a 905-job reduction company-wide.

The company said that the  last day of work will be May 7 for those losing their jobs. Affected members of Local 1776 are all part time workers and the breakdown is as follows:  200 clerks and 200 customer service attendants.