Ellwood Thompson’s Owner to Combine with Data Center-AI Firm, Says Store Will Stay Open

Ellwood Thompson’s owner to combine with data center-AI firm, says store will stay open

Though typically in the market to buy independent grocery stores, the publicly traded parent company of Ellwood Thompson’s has a deal pending with a different kind of business.

Ellwood Thompson's parent company acquired by data center owner

📝David M. Poole is a longtime Virginia journalist and writes at the Poole Report.Customers at Ellwood Thompson’s organic grocery were greeted last weekend by half-empty shelves throughout the store.Employees explained it was temporary. Employees said the Florida-based company that bought Ellwood Thompson’s three years ago was conserving cash in advance of a corporate merger, which employees said they were told would take place at the end of the…