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Richard B. Iott, president of Seaway Food Town, Maumee, Ohio, has been appointed to the additional post of ceo, succeeding Wallace D. Iott. ... Manhattan Bagel Co. will open bakeries within three metro Atlanta Kroger stores. ... Royal Ahold has announced that Albert Heijn, its wholly owned subsidiary, plans to acquire the supermarket group Primarkt, which owns 20 supermarkets and 16 liquor stores in the southern part of the Netherlands... Grand Union has announced plans to close two distribution centers, in Mt. Kisco, N.Y., and Carlstadt, N.J., and shift supply responsibilities to C&S Wholesale Grocers, Brattleboro, Vt.... Continuing to sell off pieces of its New Almacs operation in New England, Victory Holdings sold nine stores to its supplier, SuperValu, and three to independent supermarket companies ... Shopping Alternatives has launched an Internet site featuring consumer information and an interactive home shopping and delivery service. Participating retailers of "The Supermarket Connection"(http://www.shopat. com) include Shaw's, Byerly's, Cub Foods, Petrini's, and Pathmark.... Whole Foods Markets, Austin, Texas, has announced plans to open 16 units over the next two years. ... After opening more than 1,000 cookiecutter stores, all roughly 33,000 sq. ft., Food Lion has finally departed from its formula with new 46,000-sq.-ft. units in four locations. The format features expanded deli, bakery, produce and floral sections. ... First Bank Systems will open four branches in Byerly's stores by March, with plans to open units in all nine Twin Cities stores by July 1996.... Megafoods Stores, Mesa, Ariz., has filed a reorganization plan with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court that would enable it to emerge from Chapter 11 sometime this spring. ... Supermarkets and convenience stores have banded together in a program, called "We Card," to combat the sale of cigarettes to minors by checking identification cards. ... Ralphs Grocery will be honored by the Combined Food Sales Clubs of Southern California March 20 at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim.