[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25494-25495]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12706]



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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-3649]


The Stop & Shop Companies, Inc., et al.; Prohibited Trade 
Practices, and Affirmative Corrective Actions

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Consent order.

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SUMMARY: In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting 
unfair or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of 
competition, this consent order requires, among other things, the 
respondents to divest 17 supermarkets, within nine months, to 
Commission-approved acquirers. If the respondents fail to satisfy any 
of the divestiture provisions, the Commission may appoint a trustee to 
divest the supermarkets.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued April 2, 1996.\1\

    \1\ Copies of the Complaint, the Decision and Order, and 
Commissioner Azcuenaga's statement are available from the 
Commission's Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th Street and 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, D.C. 20580.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ronald Rowe, FTC/S-2602, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-2610.


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Wednesday, November 8, 1995, there was 
published in the Federal Register, 60 FR 56338, a proposed consent 
agreement with analysis In the Matter of The Stop & Shop Companies, 
Inc., et al., for the purpose of soliciting public comment. Interested 
parties were given sixty (60) days in which to submit comments, 
suggestions or objections regarding the proposed form of the order.

    No comments having been received, the Commission has ordered the 
issuance of the complaint in the form contemplated by the agreement, 
made its jurisdictional findings and entered an order to divest, as set 
forth in the proposed consent agreement, in disposition of this 
proceeding.

(Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interprets or applies sec. 5, 
38 Stat. 719, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 45)
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-12706 Filed 5-20-96; 8:45 am]
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