UPDATE 1-Asda to sell 47 Netto stores to appease watchdog - Reuters (Brent Cross SUPERMARKETS)

UPDATE 1-Asda to sell 47 Netto stores to appease watchdog - Reuters
LONDON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Asda, the British arm of U.S. retailer Wal-Mart ( WMT.N ), needs to find a buyer for almost a quarter of the stores it wants to acquire from discounter Netto in order to win over competition regulators. Britain's consumer affairs wa
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Tesco, Asda, Cut U.K. Food, Packing Waste by 1.2 Million Tons - BusinessWeek
Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Tesco Plc, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s Asda unit, J Sainsbury Plc and 39 more retailers and foodmakers reduced U.K. food and packaging waste by 1.2 million tons in 2005 to 2009, a government-funded trash-reduction group said. About 670,000
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UK Fair Trading Office Seeks Remedies on Asda/Netto Merger - FLEXNEWS
Asda has offered to sell 47 Netto stores across the UK to resolve local competition concerns raised by the merger. The OFT concluded that the acquisition would not give rise to competition concerns at a national level because Netto's market share in the UK as
Source: www.flex-news-food.com

Asda owners make moves on South Africa’s Massmart - Discountvouchers.co.uk
Asda owner Wal-Mart has made tentative moves towards purchasing South Africa’s leading home improvement and general merchandising retailer, Massmart Holdings Limited. The group is currently the continent’s third largest consumer goods distributer, and owns
Source: www.discountvouchers.co.uk

Plans to change Netto store into new Asda put on hold until new year - This is Scunthorpe
PLANS to covert the Netto store in Scunthorpe's Station Road into a new Asda outlet have been put on hold until the new year following an investigation by the Office Of Fair Trading (OFT). At this stage it is also unclear whether the changeover will actually t
Source: www.thisisscunthorpe.co.uk

Asda to push own label brand in TV slots - yorkshirepost
ASDA will launch a new TV advertising campaign for revamped own label brand "Chosen by you" on ITV this evening. The multi-million pound campaign, which will feature twice during tonight's Coronation Street, features Asda baker Mike Cunliffe from the Leeds-bas
Source: www.yorkshirepost.co.uk