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| | Investor's Business Daily: Breaking News |
 | | LOS ANGELES, May 7, 2007 (PrimeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Unified Western Grocers, Inc. (Unified) announced today it has signed a letter of understanding to purchase certain assets and assume certain liabilities of Associated Grocers, Inc. (AG), Seattle, Wash. Terms of the potential transaction were not disclosed. |
 | | The transaction is subject to completion of due diligence, the execution of a definitive purchase agreement, approval by Board of Directors of AG and Unified, AG shareholders, as well as federal and state regulatory agencies. |
 | | Associated Grocers, Inc. is a wholesaler providing food, nonfood, general merchandise and retail services to stores throughout Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and the Pacific Rim. |
| investors.com /breakingnews.asp?journalid=53109727 (772 words) |
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