96-15483. American Stores Company, et al.; Prohibited Trade Practices and Affirmative Corrective Actions

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 31117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15483]



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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Dkt. C-3238]


American Stores Company, et al.; Prohibited Trade Practices and 
Affirmative Corrective Actions

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission

ACTION: Modifying order

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SUMMARY: This order reopens a 1988 consent order that required American 
Stores to divest certain retail grocery stores in parts of California 
and Nevada and to obtain Commission approval before acquiring certain 
grocery stores. This order modifies the consent order by deleting the 
prior-approval requirements in Paragraph VIII of the consent order 
pursuant to the Commission's Prior Approval Policy--under which the 
Commission presumes that the public interest requires reopening and 
setting aside the prior-approval provisions in outstanding merger 
orders, making them consistent with the policy--and by replacing that 
provision with a prior notification provision.

DATES: Consent order issued August 31, 1988. Modifying order issued 
December 1, 1995.\1\

    \1\ Copies of the Modifying Order are available from the 
Commission's Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th Street and 
Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Roberta Baruch, FTC/S-2115, Washington, D.C. 20580. [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Matter of American Stores Company, et 
al. The prohibited trade practices and/or corrective actions are 
changed, in part, as indicated in the summary.

(Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interpret or apply sec. 5, 38 
Stat. 719, as amended; sec. 7, 38 Stat. 731, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 
45, 18)
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-15483 Filed 6-18-96; 8:45 am]
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