Associated Wholesalers, Inc. (AWI), Robesonia, Pa., entered into an asset purchase agreement with C&S Wholesale Grocers, Keene, N.H., in which C&S will acquire substantially all of AWI's assets, including its White Rose distribution business.
To facilitate the transaction process, AWI and its subsidiaries, including White Rose, filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.