SuperValu Plans Estimated 525,000-SF Expansion

ATLANTA-After closing 17 metro Atlanta Cub Foods in 2001, SuperValu Inc., the nation’s 11th largest food retailer, plans to open 35 Sav-A-Lot and Deals-Nothing Over a Dollar stores totaling an estimated 525,000 sf of leased space over the next five years.

This year, the Eden Prairie, MN-based grocer and distributor plans to open nine stores tallying an estimated 135,000 sf of leased quarters in Buford, GA, East Point, GA and McDonough, GA.

There are three existing Sav-A-Lots in metro Atlanta. The Deals stores will be the first in the Atlanta market for the St. Louis-based company. SuperValu bought the Deals assets in May 2002 and operates 100 Deals stores, mostly in the Midwest.