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Big Bear Markets to Be Sold: The San Diego-based supermarket chain, with 24 stores, will be sold to grocery wholesaler Fleming Foods of Oklahoma City and a supermarket chain whose identity will be made public “in the coming weeks,” the companies said. Terms of the sale were not released. Big Bear is controlled by John Mabee, who also owns Golden Eagle Insurance, one of the largest California-based commercial insurance carriers.
