The Private Equity Guys Trying to Shoplift a Supermarket Chain Before They Sell It
By Moe Tkacik Source: Slate Earlier this week, four state attorneys general filed two separate lawsuits seeking to stop a clique of private equity firms from swiping $4 billion from the massive supermarket chain they own. It was a frankly shocking turn of events, given that, as anyone who has ever worked for one can attest, looting companies is quite literally what private equity firms do. Crazier still is what happened Thursday night: A judge granted the Washington AG’s [...]