Safeway Is A Big Gainer, Rises 24 percent After It agrees To Sell Canadian Operations
Shares of US Supermarket chain Safeway (NYSE:SWY) jumped 24 percent on Thursday after Empire Co. agreed to buy the firm's Canadian operations for $5.7 billion.
Empire already owns the Sobey's grocery chain in Canada.
"The proceeds from this transaction are expected to be used to pay down $2 billion of debt, with the majority of the remainder to be used to buy back stock," Safeway said in a press release.
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