A bankruptcy judge signed off on C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc.'s $288 million purchase of Pennsylvania-based food distributor Associated Wholesalers Inc., Dow Jones Daily Bankruptcy Review reported today. Judge Kevin Carey approved the sale of Associated, a cooperative whose subsidiaries include White Rose and Nell's Shurfine Markets, at a Wednesday hearing. The sale, which is expected to close by Thanksgiving, includes almost all of Associated's assets as well as its 2,200 employees. (Subscription required.)
