A recent Reuters report stated that several private equity firms plan to bid on Save-A-Lot, currently a Supervalu banner, in the coming weeks. If the report is accurate, it is not likely that the discount grocer would be spun off as a public entity, as many thought it would.
Reuters’ anonymous sources named Advent International; KKR; Clayton, Dubilier & Rice; TPG Capital; Onex Corp., and Thomas H. Lee Partners as potential bidders that could go as high as $1.8 billion.