Dahl's Foods Inc., a Des Moines institution for 84 years, was auctioned off piece by piece to the highest bidder Friday morning inside a downtown bankruptcy courtroom.
It's the end of an era for a once-formidable competitor in the Des Moines grocery market.
Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc. of Kansas purchased seven of the company's 10 remaining stores for $2.45 million. Those locations will continue to operate as grocery stores, only under a different name.
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