By Staff Report / Monday, November 9th, 2015 / Latest news / Comments Off on Santa Barbara’s Beneflex buys Newbury Park-based Insurance Dimensions
Santa Barbara-based Beneflex Insurance Services recently acquired Newbury Park-based Insurance Dimensions. Beneflex helps small- and medium-sized companies in the tri-county region navigate Affordable Care Act compliance and other issues regarding employee benefits. It acquired Insurance Dimensions on Oct. 1 to increase its client base throughout Santa Barbara and Ventura counties and benefit from owner/operator Aline Read More →
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The Obama Administration has achieved an important milestone in getting a general agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The TPP involves roughly 40 percent of the global economy and includes most of Asia except China. It lowers tariffs, reduces informal barriers that get in the way of U.S. exports of services and adds new protections for Read More →
By Staff Report / Monday, October 5th, 2015 / Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on Haggen lines up buyers for 10 stores in Tri-Counties
Haggen is looking to sell some of its soon-to-be vacant stores in the Tri-Counties to Gelson’s Markets and Smart & Final pending bankruptcy court approval, the company announced Oct. 5. Gelson’s and Smart & Final got the first pick of 127 shuttering Haggen stores. The high-end Encino-based grocer Gelson’s signed an asset purchase agreement Read More →
By Staff Report / Tuesday, September 1st, 2015 / Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on Tri-county grocer Haggen suing Albertsons for $1 billion
Regional grocer Haggen filed a lawsuit against Albertsons that seeks $1 billion in damages, the company announced Sept. 1. Haggen, the chain based in Bellingham, Wash., that recently expanded into the Tri-Counties, alleged that Idaho-based Albertsons hamstrung its expansion by using confidential scheduling information to sabotage grand openings through aggressive marketing campaigns, misleading the company Read More →
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Four Haggen grocery stores are closing in the Tri-Counties, the company announced Aug. 14. Two stores in Simi Valley, one in Newbury Park and another in Los Osos will close in 60 days. The stores will continue to operate in the meantime, according to the news release. “Haggen’s goal going forward is to ensure a Read More →
