Tops Markets to merge with Price Chopper | Business
2 min readTops Markets has agreed to merge with the Price Chopper/Market 32 grocery chain in a deal that will create a supermarket chain with nearly 300 stores that will stretch across upstate New York and into New England.
The terms of the deal, announced Monday, were not disclosed.
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