In papers filed with the court, A&P says C&S illegally got other supermarket chain to pass on the auction. A&P is also charging that Grand Union and its creditors secretly negotiated the price with C&S before the November 18 auction. A&P contends that C&S forged a plan to buy the stores, then resell them to "supermarket chains which are or would agree to be C&S [wholesale] customers….[the auction was] a blatant violation of the Bankruptcy Code and the antitrust laws."
A&P says it offered $70 million for a dozen Grand Union stores but refused to go along with the auction plan. A&P's request to void the auction is expected to be considered at a hearing November 30 in Newark.
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