The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. 9.375% QUIBS (GAP.GI)

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Misc info about Mr. Ron Burkle

The Yucaipa Companies, LLC is a principal investment firm specializing in private equity and venture capital investments. It prefers to invest in supermarket chains, cafeterias, grocery stores, and other food-related businesses. The firm also seeks to invest in retail, logistics, and manufacturing industries. It makes investments of $50 million to $300 million. The firm was co-founded in 1986 by Mr. Ronald W. Burkle. The Yucaipa Companies, LLC is headquartered at Los Angeles, California with an additional office in Chicago, Illinois.

<Taken from a somewhat unrelated article>

Mr. Burkle is a prominent donor to Democratic causes (to suck up to the unions imo) and has made Yucaipa a major investor in the grocery business, having bought stakes in Ralphs, now part of Kroger, and Pathmark, now part of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. He has developed a close relationship with the main grocery union, the United Food and Commercial Workers.

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/union-owned-bank-finds-help-in-ross-and-burkle/

Doing past deals with Wilbur Ross is impressive...which means nothing here but I found it interesting who he has done deals with before.

Also note the United Food & Commercial Workers International Union, CLC are on the OUCC. hmmm.. maybe this isn't good.