<Tr> <Td> 1988 </Td> <Td> Kansas City </Td> <Td> 66 stores </Td> <Td> n / a </Td> <Td> Morgan Lewis Githens & Ahn / WS Acquisition Corp . </Td> <Td> Renamed Food Barn; bankruptcy 1994; stores sold to Associated Wholesale Grocers, which either closed or divested them to their members . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1988 </Td> <Td> Little Rock </Td> <Td> 51 stores </Td> <Td> n / a </Td> <Td> Acadia Partners </Td> <Td> Renamed Harvest Foods; bankruptcy in 1995; stores sold off; some now part of Associated Wholesale Grocers after the demise of Affiliated Foods Southwest </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1988 </Td> <Td> Houston </Td> <Td> 99 stores </Td> <Td> $174.6 m </Td> <Td> MBO with Duncan Cook and Co. and the Sterling Group </Td> <Td> Renamed AppleTree Markets; bankruptcy 1992; stores sold to competitors </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Safeway Australia </Td> <Td> 135 stores </Td> <Td> $124 m </Td> <Td> Woolworths Limited Australia </Td> <Td> Some stores continued to trade under Safeway name until 2008 (only within state of Victoria). All stores were gradually rebranded to Woolworths . </Td> </Tr>

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