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August 31, 2023
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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August 30, 2023
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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August 30, 2023
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 [...]

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February 02, 2012
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.

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September 07, 2010
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 ...

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September 08, 2010
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...

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September 08, 2010
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...

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September 09, 2010
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...

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September 10, 2010
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-...

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September 15, 2010
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...

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