…Albertson's Inc (AL) merged with American Stores Co (AS) in a stock swap transaction valued at $##.### bil, including the assumption of $#.# bil in liabilities. AL offered .## common shares per AS share. Based on AL…

…American Stores Co planned to acquire ## drug stores from Snyder Drug Stores Inc. Terms were not disclosed.…

…American Stores agreed to acquire Pharmacy Direct Network (PDN) for an estimated $# mil. Upon completion, PDN was to be renamed PDN America.…

…American Stores acquired ## stores of Clark Drugs for between $## mil and $## mil. The transaction had been subject to regulatory approval. The stores were to be operated under the Sav-on drugs trade name.…

…American Stores acquired Lucky Stores(LS) in a tender offer valued at $## per share, or $#.## bil. The merging of operations was initially blocked by litigation. LS first rejected an unsolicited $## per share offer from American and…

…Campeau disclosed, in April ####, that American Stores had expressed an interest in acquiring the Ralphs Grocery unit of Federated Department Stores. Campeau, which had recently claimed victory in the takeover battle for Federated, said instead that it would retain…

…American Stores(AS) acquired Jewel Companies(JC) in a transaction valued at $#.## bil. Under a tender offer AS acquired ##% of JC, paying $## cash for each common share and $##.## cash for each convertible preferred share…