Updated 05-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about CUB FOODS!
Colorado Cub Foods stores closing: DENVER – All nine Cub Foods stores in Colorado will close in about a month. Cub Foods isn’t talking about the move that has come as a surprise to most employees.
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Cub is a supermarket chain. It operates stores in Minnesota and Illinois . the name “CUB” was Culver Davis Jr’s nickname . Cub Foods was one of the first total discount food stores in the united states Until 1999, WinCo Foods operated several Cub Foods stores . Cub began operations in Colorado in 1986, but shuttered their nine stores in 2003 . the chain once had a presence in Wisconsin and Iowa as well the chain also operated locations operated by Delhaize Group in metro Atlanta and metro Nashville . since Cerberus took control, four locations (Algonquin, Bedford Park, 87th Street in Chicago, and Naperville the last of the Chicago-area Cub Foods stores closed on December 10, 2006 . only four of the eight stores sold to Grand Mart ever opened under that company’s ownership . Central Grocers Cooperative went bankrupt in 2017 in 2009, a Peoria-area store closing drew controversy . the city was liable for a portion of the initial project . a single location remains in Freeport . a Niemann-owned store used the Cub Foods name under license from SuperValu until 2015 . in 2018 the word “Foods” has been dropped from the name . Cub is the biggest chain in Supervalu’s 18 Twin Cities locations have been remodeled . nearly all of Cub’s remodels are in areas where Hy-Vee opened stores nearby . Stillwater is an exception . Cub and other Supervalu retail properties will be divested from the company . it is still unclear as to who will eventually purchase Cub Foods . in 2011, Cub filed a lawsuit against the labor union Centro de Trabaj SuperValu sued on May 27, 2011 . the case was settled with CTUL being disallowed from organizing against Cub Foods . parent company supervalu sent a letter to customers on august 25, 2014 .