Nearly 500 areas could be impacted by the merger of Asda and Sainsburys

The £15bn proposed merger of Leeds-headquartered Asda and Sainsburys could result in 463 local areas facing competition issues with store overlaps, the Competition and Markets Authority has warned. Publishing its full phase one investigation findings, the CMA said: "At a local level, the Parties’ stores overlap in several hundred local areas across the UK. The CMA believes that the Merger may give rise to a realistic prospect of an SLC [substantial lessening of competition] in many of these local areas if Sainsbury’s and Asda ... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
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