ABC Discount Auto Parts/Autozone in East PA/South NJ

I just learned that AutoZone bought out ABC Discount Auto Parts in Eastern
PA and Southern NJ last year.

I have some parts with a lifetime warranty through ABC Discount Auto Parts
(brake calipers, muffler). So my question is what will happen to these
warranties now?

Here is the article:

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articl...14/ai_n6070459

AutoZone buys 12-store chain in Northeast
Aftermarket Business, May, 2004 by Michael Willins
The nation's largest auto parts chain, AutoZone, got a bit larger last month
by acquiring a dozen stores in the Northeast. But the true value of the sale
will come in the market share gains in areas where the purchased company,
ABC Discount Auto Stores, operates.

AutoZone of Memphis, Tenn., expects the purchase to help them gain ground in
markets where they currently have limited store penetration. "This is a
great opportunity for us to grow in the Philadelphia and New Jersey markets
with the addition of these stores," says AutoZone's Chief Financial Officer
Michael Archbold. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

As of Feb. 14, AutoZone had 3,299 stores in 48 states plus the District of
Columbia and 55 AutoZone stores in Mexico. AutoZone's Director of Government
Relations Ray Pohlman says there are 37 AutoZone stores in the greater
Philadelphia area, excluding any former ABC locations.

Conversions will take place over the next several months, and should be
completed by the end of this summer, says Pohlman. He did not know the
average size of the ABC outlets, but said the units were comparable to
AutoZone's 6,300-sq.-ft. model.

Owned by Lou and Carla Fishman, ABC Discount was a member of the RPM Group.
"I am pleased to transition my family's business to AutoZone, as well as
provide an employment opportunity to my staff," Lou Fishman states in a
prepared release. "Started in 1957, ABC has grown to be a leader in the
community, and we are excited to further that leadership with AutoZone."

At press time we attempted to contact Fishman for additional comment, but we
were unsuccessful in reaching him. As for RPM, Executive Director Mike
Mitchell told us, "On a personal level Lou and Carla Fishman were active
members in the RPM family and we always appreciated Lou's business insights.

"We firmly believe the independent chains serve local markets in ways
difficult for the national chains to match. We will continue to work for our
members and the hundreds of independent chains throughout the country." RPM
has 20 members, servicing 17 states. (For more details on the group, see
page 32 of our Program Distribution Report Directory.)