[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 19, 1996)] [Notices] [Page 31120] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-15494] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION [Docket No. C-3224] Supermarket Development Corporation, et. al.; Prohibited Trade Practices and Affirmative Corrective Actions
Agency
Federal Trade Commission.
Action
Modifying order.
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Summary
This order reopens a 1988 consent order that settled allegations that the acquisition of the El Paso Division of Safeway Stores, Inc., by Supermarket Development Corporation and Furr's, Inc. would reduce supermarket competition in 12 towns in New Mexico and western Texas, and required prior Commission approval, for ten years, before acquiring supermarket assets. This order modifies the consent order by substituting for the prior-approval requirement a provision requiring Furr's Supermarket to notify the Commission at least 30 days before acquiring certain supermarkets in those areas.
Dates
Consent order issued March 17, 1988. Modifying order issued September 5, 1995.\1\ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Copies of the Modifying Order are available from the Commission's Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580.
For Further Information Contact
Elizabeth Piotrowski, FTC/S-2115, --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Washington, D.C. 20580. (202) 326-2623.
Supplementary Information
In the Matter of Supermarket Development Corporation, et al. The prohibited trade practices and/or corrective actions as set forth at 53 FR 11247, are changed, in part, as indicated in the summary.
(Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interpret or apply sec. 5, 38 Stat. 719, as amended; sec. 7, 38 Stat. 731, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 45, 18) Donald S. Clark, Secretary. [FR Doc. 96-15494 Filed 6-18-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6750-01-M