The Business Journal of Milwaukee reports that next month Roundy’s Supermarkets will pay a $150 dividend to Willis Stein & Partners, its private equity owner, six months after it paid the equity group a $75 million dividend.
According to the story, “Milwaukee-based Roundy's also paid a dividend of $280 million to Willis Stein in 2005. Willis Stein bought Roundy’s in April 2002 for $750 million and had unsuccessfully attempted to sell the grocer in 2007 before credit markets tightened.”
According to the story, “Milwaukee-based Roundy's also paid a dividend of $280 million to Willis Stein in 2005. Willis Stein bought Roundy’s in April 2002 for $750 million and had unsuccessfully attempted to sell the grocer in 2007 before credit markets tightened.”
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