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Delaney could enter JEA sale debate Former mayor joining group hired by the energy firm Emera to keep tabs on potential sale of city utility.
By David Cawton Staff Writer When former Mayor John Delaney joins Rogers Towers and The Fiorentino Group on June 1, he could be stepping into the JEA sale debate. Emera Inc., the owner of Tampa Electric Co., also known as TECO Energy, engaged The Fiorentino Group and Southern Strategy Group, also a government rela-
tions firm, to represent it on issues. It also engaged the Rogers Towers law firm to repDelaney resent it on the legal side. The city Office of Ethics Lobbyist Tracking System lists members of The Fiorentino Group and Southern Strategy as lobbyists for
Emera and for Teco. The system shows Emera as a client of Rogers Towers. Marty Fiorentino, president of The Fiorentino Group, said Emera hired the firms to monitor what is happening with JEA, the city utility that is being analyzed for sale. Asked if Delaney will be working on that, Fiorentino said: “I hope so.” Delaney declined to say if
he’ll lobby on behalf of Emera or TECO. “I still have to get in the firm and see where they want to use me,” Delaney said. “If Marty and Fred want to see me involved in it, then we’ll do what we need to do then,” he said of Fiorentino and Rogers Towers Managing Director Fred Franklin Jr. Delaney
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ROWE UPDATING STORE, AND LOOKING FOR MORE Provided by Southeastern Grocers
Southeastern Grocers CEO Anthony Hucker.
Hucker: SEG will accelerate renovations CEO of Winn-Dixie parent says Chapter 11 plan has put company in a better position. By Mark Basch Contributing Writer Southeastern Grocers LLC filed petitions for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization two weeks ago, but that’s not slowing down the company’s plans to upgrade some of its supermarkets. “Actually, it’s accelerated it,” CEO Anthony Hucker said Thursday after cutting the ribbon on the grand reopening of a renovated Winn-Dixie store in northern St. Johns County. Hucker said the company’s prepackaged reorganization plan, which already has the approval of unsecured creditors, puts Southeastern in a better financial position as it lowers debt by more than $500 million. Jacksonville-based Southeast-
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Rob Rowe is renovating his supermarket at 5435 Blanding Blvd. The independent grocery chain has six locations in Northeast Florida.
Independent grocery chain spending $2.7 million to renovate supermarket on Blanding Boulevard.
By Karen Brune Mathis Editor Rob Rowe is reinvesting in one of the first independent grocery stores he opened about 13 years ago. The city approved a permit for Williams & Rowe Co. Inc. to renovate Rowe’s IGA Supermarkets at 5435 Blanding Blvd. at a cost of $925,050. Rowe, no relation to the contractor, pegs the total renovation cost at $2.7 million.
New food cases, shelving, refrigerated and frozen sections, paint, flooring, an additional checkout lane, a smokehouse, restrooms and store and administrative offices are part of the renovations. The store was built in 1978 as Albertsons. “When it’s done, everything will be replaced,” Rowe said. “It needed it.” He said the sales floor should be Rowe
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Rowe is studying what it would take to open a supermarket in the Harveys Supermarket store that Southeastern Grocers will close at 3000 Dunn Ave, Page 2
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