UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  July 9, 2014

 

SUPERVALU INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Commission File No. 1-5418

 

Delaware

 

41-0617000

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

7075 Flying Cloud Drive

Eden Prairie, Minnesota

 

55344

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (952) 828-4000

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

Item 8.01                                           Other Events.

 

On July 9, 2014, SUPERVALU INC. (the “Company”) announced that it had begun supplying the first of 18 Rainbow stores that are being acquired as part of the transactions that were announced on May 7, 2014 between RBF, LLC and Roundy’s Supermarkets, Inc. and a consortium of the Company and four Twin Cities-based independent retailers.  The Company also announced that the remaining store conversions were expected to be completed on a staggered basis over the following two weeks.  Following the store conversions, the Company will supply all 18 of the acquired stores out of its Hopkins, Minnesota distribution center.

 

A copy of the News Release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01                                           Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)                                 Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number

 


Description

99.1

 

News Release of SUPERVALU INC. issued on July 9, 2014.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

SUPERVALU INC.

 

 

 

 

Dated July 11, 2014

By:

/s/Karla C. Robertson

 

Karla C. Robertson

 

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

(Authorized Officer of Registrant)

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

99.1

 

News Release of SUPERVALU INC. issued on July 9, 2014.

 

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