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May 13 (Reuters) - Grupo Comercial Chedraui said on Thursday its unit would buy warehouse store business Smart & Final Holdings Inc for $620 million, including debt, as the Mexican grocer looks to expand its footprint in the United States.
Private equity firm Apollo Global Management Inc is selling Smart & Final to Grupo Comercial Chedraui’s (GCC) subsidiary Bodega Latina Corp.
The deal is expected to close in the second or the third quarter, pending U.S. and Mexican regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.
Apollo acquired reut.rs/33NQebr Smart & Final in 2019 for about $1 billion and sold reut.rs/2QiSFQo its warehouse unit last year for $970 million to US Foods Holding Corp.
MEXICO CITY & COMMERCE, Calif.–Grupo Comercial Chedraui, S.A.B. de C.V. announced today that its subsidiary, Bodega Latina Corporation, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Smart & Final Holdings, Inc. BB #:154073 from funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. for approximately U.S.$620 million, including the assumption of certain indebtedness.
Smart & Final, the smaller, faster grocery warehouse store for household and business customers, provides one-stop shopping with an assortment of both club and traditionally sized groceries, fresh foods and supplies without a paid membership and at great values. Celebrating its 150
th anniversary in 2021 and headquartered in Commerce, Calif., Smart & Final operates more than 250 stores under two banners: Smart & Final and Smart & Final Extra!, in California, Arizona and Nevada. There are an additional 16 stores in Northwestern Mexico operated through a joint venture. Smart & Final stores service both hous
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