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GrubMarket Acquires FreshGoGo

August 28, 2024

Food & Beverage

GrubMarket has acquired FreshGoGo, a Plainview, New York–based online Asian grocery and specialty food e-commerce platform. The deal brings FreshGoGo's cold-chain logistics, 50,000 sq. ft. warehouse, satellite dispatch centers and e-commerce platform into GrubMarket's foodtech ecosystem to strengthen its online grocery capabilities and reach into the Asian grocery market.

Alimentation Couche-Tard Acquires GetGo Cafe + Market from Giant Eagle

June 30, 2025

Retail

Alimentation Couche-Tard completed the $1.57 billion acquisition of Giant Eagle’s GetGo Cafe + Market business, including about 270 GetGo and WetGo locations, effective June 29, 2025. The deal preserves the myPerks loyalty partnership between GetGo and Giant Eagle, and the FTC required Couche-Tard to divest 35 gas stations (to be acquired by Majors Management) to address antitrust concerns.

Kroger to Acquire Albertsons in $24.6 Billion Merger

October 14, 2022

Retail

Kroger and Albertsons Companies entered into a definitive agreement for Kroger to acquire Albertsons for an estimated $24.6 billion enterprise value. The deal is expected to expand Kroger’s national footprint and omnichannel capabilities, with regulatory-driven store divestitures and the planned creation of a SpinCo prior to/at closing.

ASG Management and Freedom 3 Capital Acquire Associated Supermarket Group from AUA Private Equity

January 12, 2021

Retail

Associated Supermarket Group (ASG) was sold by AUA Private Equity to ASG senior management led by Joe Garcia and Zulema Wiscovitch, with financing provided by Freedom 3 Capital and other investors. The transaction completes a management buyout that transitions ASG from AUA’s ownership to management-led ownership while positioning the company for continued growth serving independent grocery retailers in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.

GrowGeneration Corp. Acquires HGS Hydro

July 28, 2021

Retail

GrowGeneration Corp. signed an asset purchase agreement to acquire HGS Hydro, the third-largest chain of hydroponic garden centers in the U.S., adding six existing Michigan stores (with a seventh opening soon). The acquisition will increase GrowGeneration's Michigan footprint and bring its total store count to 65, and is expected to close before GrowGeneration's fiscal year-end 2021.

ASDA Acquires EG Group's UK & Ireland Business

October 31, 2023

Retail

ASDA has completed the acquisition of EG Group’s UK and Ireland operations, comprising 356 petrol filling stations and 462 food-to-go locations. The deal accelerates ASDA’s convenience retail strategy, substantially expanding its forecourt and convenience footprint and making ASDA the #3 convenience retailer in the UK.