Exhibit 99.1
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
| EAGLE FOOD CENTERS |
| P.O. Box 6700 |
| Rock Island, Illinois 61204-6700 |
| Executive Offices & Distribution Center |
| Route 67 & Knoxville Road |
| Milan, Illinois 61264 |
| Telephone: 309-787-7700 |
| Fax: 309-787-7895 |
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| Contact: | Anita-Marie Laurie |
| | Romelia Martinez |
| | 310-788-2850 |
Eagle Foods Receives Court Approval for Sale of Certain Stores
Milan, Illinois --- September 11, 2003 — Eagle Food Centers, Inc., which owns and operates supermarkets in Illinois and Iowa, announced today that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois confirmed the sale of certain Eagle stores.
The Court approved separate purchase agreements for certain assets related to the following locations:
Purchaser | | Store Location | | Anticipated Transaction Closing Date |
Albertsons, Inc. | | Dixon, IL
Geneseo, IL
Morris, IL
New Lenox, IL
Peru, IL | | September 29, 2003 |
Butera Finer Foods, Inc. | | Lindenhurst,IL
Naperville, IL (Chicago Avenue)
St. Charles, IL | | September 19, 2003 |
The Kroger Company. | | Decatur, IL
Lincoln, IL
Ottawa, IL
Rockford, IL #(316)
Rockford, IL #(136)
Sterling, IL | | Sept. 22, 2003
Sept. 29, 2003
Sept. 29, 2003
Sept. 22, 2003
Sept. 29, 2003
Sept. 22, 2003 |
J.B. Sullivan, Inc. | | Freeport, IL | | September 12, 2003 |
Supermercado El Guero De Aurora, Inc. | | Aurora, IL (Farnsworth Avenue) | | September 16, 2003 |
SVT LLC | | Kankakee, IL
Watseka, IL | | Sept. 29, 2003
Sept. 17, 2003 |
Harold E. Wisted | | Woodstock, IL | | Sept. 30, 2003 |
The Company has extended the bid deadline for its remaining 21 stores and its infrastructure to September 17, 2003.
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This press release includes statements that constitute “forward-looking” statements. These statements are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could render them materially different, including, but not limited to, acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace, the effect of economic conditions, the impact of current and additional competitive stores and pricing, availability and costs of inventory, employee costs and availability, the rate of technology change, the cost and uncertain outcomes of pending and unforeseen litigation including the Second Bankruptcy Case, the availability and cost of capital including the continued availability of capital under the DIP financing, supply constraints or difficulties, the effect of the Company’s accounting policies, the effect of regulatory and legal developments and other risks detailed in the Company’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings or in material incorporated therein by reference.
Similarly, these and other factors, including the terms of any reorganization plan ultimately confirmed, can affect the value of the Company’s various prepetition liabilities and common stock. No assurance can be given as to what values, if any, will be ascribed in the bankruptcy proceedings to each of these constituencies. Accordingly, the Company urges that the appropriate caution be exercised with respect to existing and future investments in any of these liabilities and/or securities.
