In papers filed with the court, A&P says C&S illegallygot other supermarket chain to pass on the auction. A&P is alsocharging that Grand Union and its creditors secretly negotiated theprice with C&S before the November 18 auction. A&P contendsthat 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 theBankruptcy Code and the antitrust laws."
A&P says it offered $70 million for a dozen Grand Unionstores but refused to go along with the auction plan. A&P'srequest to void the auction is expected to be considered at ahearing November 30 in Newark.
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