(959 words) Ugly few years for this poor grocer, but the implied valuation of the core wholesale business looks like it could be interesting post recent Save-A-Lot divestiture (discount grocer). The company used most of its $1.3bn in gross proceeds ($1.24bn after taxes) to significantly reduce its debt load by $1.1bn (total PF net secured/net […]
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[scuttlebit] Guidewire scales
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[scuttlebit] Wise is probably going to be fine
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[scuttlebit] Charles Schwab is so back
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