50-OFF STORES, INC. ANNOUNCES FOOD PRODUCT ALLIANCE.SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 19, 1995--San Antonio based off-price retailer 50-OFF Stores, Inc., which currently operates 102 stores in 11 states in the southern and southwestern United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , announced today its plans to expand its offering of selected food products at its stores. Under an agreement recently entered into with LA Foods, a Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. based wholesaler specializing in the opportunistic opportunistic /op·por·tu·nis·tic/ (op?er-tldbomacn-is´tik) 1. denoting a microorganism which does not ordinarily cause disease but becomes pathogenic under certain circumstances. 2. purchase of food products, the company will soon be offering an increased assortment assortment /as·sort·ment/ (ah-sort´ment) the random distribution of nonhomologous chromosomes to daughter cells in metaphase of the first meiotic division. as·sort·ment n. of food products in certain of its neighborhood stores, a logical extension of its commitment to offer its customers the products they need conveniently and at more than competitive prices. The arrangement with LA Foods provides favorable fa·vor·a·ble adj. 1. Advantageous; helpful: favorable winds. 2. Encouraging; propitious: a favorable diagnosis. 3. economic terms to the company and allows it to access food products at substantial cost savings and to provide better values for its customers. The company anticipates this expanded offering of food products will increase customer traffic in its 50-OFF stores. CONTACT: Charles Fuhrmann, 50-OFF Stores, Inc., 210/805-9300. |
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