54年历史的折扣杂货连锁Best Bargains进入接管程序 接管人预计旗下门店本周末全部关闭
据 TheStreet 引述《密尔沃基商业日报》报道，威斯康星州折扣杂货连锁 Best Bargains 已有54年历史，本月早些时候进入接管程序，目前正在举行关店清仓促销。法院指定的接管人表示，他预计该公司的门店将在本周末关闭。
接管文件显示，Best Bargains Inc. 欠 Bank CMG 共418万美元；接管申请中还列有235万美元的应付账款与次级债务，以及约57.4万美元的客户存款。Milwaukee 律师 Seth Dizard 于10月8日被任命为该案的接管人。
接管是担保债权人在债务人拖欠贷款时可采取的一种救济程序，其运作方式与破产清算类似，但法律上并不等同于第七章破产，接管本身也不必然意味着关店。不过按接管人目前的预期，这家折扣杂货连锁的门店将在本周末结束营业。报道指出，该连锁的价格虽然低于 Kroger、Publix 等传统超市，但与沃尔玛、Costco 以及 Aldi、Lidl 等大型折扣连锁相比并不具备持续竞争力。
（GSM 据 TheStreet、《密尔沃基商业日报》报道）
54-Year-Old Discount Grocer Best Bargains in Receivership; Receiver Expects All Stores to Close This Weekend
Best Bargains Inc., a Wisconsin discount grocery chain with 54 years of history, entered receivership earlier this month and is holding a store-closing sale, TheStreet reported, citing the Milwaukee Business Journal. The court-appointed receiver said he expects the company's stores to close this weekend.
According to the receivership filings, the company owes $4.18 million to Bank CMG; the petition also listed $2.35 million in accounts payable and subordinated debt, plus approximately $574,000 in customer deposits. Milwaukee attorney Seth Dizard was appointed receiver for the case on October 8.
A receivership is a remedy available to secured creditors to recover amounts outstanding under a secured loan when a company defaults; it operates in a process similar to a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, although entering receivership does not by itself guarantee closure. In this case, however, the receiver expects the chain's stores to shut this weekend. Coverage noted that while Best Bargains' prices ran lower than conventional grocers such as Kroger and Publix, they were probably not consistently competitive with Walmart, Costco and large discount chains such as Aldi and Lidl.
(GSM via TheStreet and the Milwaukee Business Journal)
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图片来源：Wikimedia Commons 文件 File:Grocery Store Aisle, vermont.jpg，作者 Tessa Bury，CC BY 4.0。图为杂货超市货架通道通用资料图，非该连锁门店实景。
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