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Report of attempted abduction of toddler was not accurate, police say
Police said a report that a 50-year-old man attempted to abduct a two-year-old girl who was at a supermarket with her mother is "not as reported". On Tuesday, police said a woman was at a supermarket in southwestern New Providence when a man approached them. Police reported that the man then attempted to push the cart away from the ...
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Man attempts to 'abduct' toddler
Man attempts to 'abduct' toddler
A 50-year-old man was arrested after he attempted to abduct a two-year-old girl from her mother in a supermarket in southwestern New Providence yesterday, police said. It is reported that the mother and her child, who was sitting in a shopping cart, were approached by the man shortly before 9 a.m. Police said the man attempted ...
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50-year-old man arrested over child abduction claim
50-year-old man arrested over child abduction claim
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Police in the capital took a 50-year-old man into custody on Tuesday after it is alleged that he attempted to abduct a toddler. Police say the man was arrested by police shortly before 9 am on Tuesday at a plaza situated in the Southwestern district. According to initial reports, the mother was with [...]
Robin Hood pays employees before creditors
Robin Hood pays employees before creditors
Robin Hood officially closed its doors yesterday as the supermarket's management crunches the numbers to ensure the 70 employees are properly compensated for their services.
Mitchell: City Markets Meeting...
Mitchell: City Markets Meeting...
Nassau, Bahamas -
On the 1st September, The Nassau Guardian carried a story with an
interview with Derek Winford, the CEO of Bahamas Supermarkets Ltd.,
which does business in The Bahamas as City Markets. The story said that
I attended a meeting with the CEO to discuss my intervention in the
press on behalf of my constituents about the fate of City Markets. The
story said that it ...
City Market releases 2010 figures
City Market releases 2010 figures
By SCOTTâ ARMSTRONG
Guardian Business Editor
scott@nasguard.com
twitter.com/guardianbiz
The full picture of City Market's 2010 has been reported as the company has published its annual unaudited figures, ending the year some$7.4 million in the red despite generating sales of just under$100 million.
The Nassau Guardianrevealed last week how Bahamas Supermarkets Limited had actually made an$8...
City Markets targeting Christmas profitability
City Markets targeting Christmas profitability
By NEIL HARTNELL
Tribune Business Editor
City Markets chief executive yesterday said he hoped to return the supermarket chain to profitability over the Christmas shopping period, aided by a marketing "arsenal" it aimed to launch within the next two weeks, amid signs that the company is stemming the bleeding - the 2010 fourth quarter loss totalling $873,000.
Talking to Tribune Business after the...
Buyers circle City Markets' F'port stores
Buyers circle City Markets' F'port stores
By NEIL HARTNELL
Tribune Business Editor
City Markets has received offers to acquire/take over all or some of its three Grand Bahama-based stores, including an approach from Sawyer's Fresh Market over its Eight Mile Rock outlet, but the listed supermarket chain's chief executive told Tribune Business that "nothing is signed or concluded" in terms of any deal.
Derek Winford confirmed Tribune Bus...
7.5m Robin Hood 2 a'done deal'
7.5m Robin Hood 2 a'done deal'
ByScott Armstrong
Guardian Business Editor
scott@nasguard.com
twitter.com/guardianbiz
A$7.5 million plan to create Robin Hood's second store to serve the east of New Providence is a"done deal"with Sandy Schaefer closing on the purchase of the former Pepsi factory.
Schaefer, president and owner of the popular discount supermarket, revealed toThe Nassau Guardianthat he had signed on the dotted line-...
City Markets owed staff pension fund 500k at end-2009
By NEIL HARTNELL
Tribune Business Editor
Bahamas Supermarkets, parent company of the 11-store City Markets grocery chain, owed the staff pension fund almost $519,000 at its 2009 year-end in unpaid rent for the company's head office, with its financial troubles preventing any contributions by the firm to the plan during the 2007-2009 period.
The audited financial statements for Bahamas Supermark...