11.   Five Penny Market stores were sold to German food retailer Lidl and the remaining seven were converted to Freshsaves, neighborhood shops offering limited product ranges at competitive prices.

12.   He said Kohlberg sold the stores because it was unable to buy other stores to expand the chain into a large independent gourmet chain of stores.

13.   It is reported to be ready to sell stores in China and Hawaii as part of that plan.

14.   It would not be surprising if the company wanted to sell the stores.

15.   OfficeMax was considered the logical buyer if the FTC required Staples and Office Depot to sell stores in markets where they both operated.

16.   Or stores that sell highly efficient light bulbs in Chicago.

17.   Or the store that sold the machine?

18.   Perini mentioned his plan to sell the store to a fishing buddy, Jim Edgar, a lifelong management consultant with no background in retailing.

19.   Rite Aid also sold stores in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Florida to help it focus its operations in states where it could attain a major presence.

20.   Rite Aid was running a distant fourth in the South, so it decided to abandon the market and plans to sell other stores in the region.