C & S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
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PRNewswire | 28 days 21 hours 58 minutes ago
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Business Wire | 20 days 6 hours 23 minutes ago
The Penn Traffic Company (Pink Sheets: PTFC), entered into a forbearance agreement with all of its senior working capital lenders and General Electric Capital Corporation ("GE Capital"), as agent for the lenders, on November 3, 2009.
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Company Overview
| Company: | C & S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Food Wholesale Distributors |
| Website: | http://www.cswg.com |
C&S Wholesale Grocers is at the bottom of the food chain -- and likes it that way. The company is the second largest wholesale grocery distributor in the US (behind SUPERVALU), supplying goods to some 5,000 independent supermarkets, major supermarket chains (including Safeway), mass marketers, and wholesale clubs. It distributes more than 53,000 items, including groceries, produce, and non-food items from its more than 70 distribution centers in a dozen states. C&S Wholesale also operates dozens of grocery stores and liquor outlets through its Southern Family Markets division. Israel Cohen started the family-owned company with Abraham Siegel in 1918.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 19,000 (2008) |
|---|---|
| One-year % Growth in Sales | -2.6 (2008) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 0 () |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | 0.0 () |
| Number of Employees | 20,000 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | 17.6 (2008) |
| Fiscal Year-End | September |