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Originally Posted by Rusty
I have a theory...probably a far out one, but who knows. ...
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This animosity has been going on quite publicly for a long time. I doubt they are coming together to stage anything.
Might the ASD side of it be happy to sell and take the money and run? Absolutely, since that seems to be their main focus.
It seems a bit crazy to let things get to this point because a viable business is going to be worth more than one that is disintegrating. Hannaford's buying them out to rid themselves of a low price competitor is NOT going to offer top dollar.
Maybe the hatred of each other has gotten to the point where they just don't care if they take a loss. They just want OUT! They probably did not expect the employee backlash but now that it has happened, what are they going to do? Work on rebuilding the business? They didn't want to spend time and money doing that in the first place. Their hatred of ATD would probably prevent the ASD side from accepting a buyout (that would probably delay the payout for as long as possible) to ATD. So what's left? Sell it for what you can. Scorched earth.