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Sceptics question how long the Issas can keep it up, but private entrepreneurs have flexibility quoted businesses lack
Stuart Rose says purchase of businesses from heavily indebted EG will help Asda’s push into convenience sector
Plus, Apollo courts THG in its latest UK takeover play and an activist investor takes on Rome’s powerful politicians
Jersey and Luxembourg filings reveal financial engineering behind the UK’s biggest leveraged buyout in a decade
Issa brothers want group to overtake Sainsbury’s as UK’s second-biggest grocer
Video-hosting site used to promote jobs as groups also recruit ex-convicts and army vets to fill shortfalls
British Retail Consortium’s forecast comes as Asda and Morrisons ration purchases of fruit and vegetables
Supermarket announces changes to night shifts, in-store Post Office shops and pharmacies
Expansion by UK supermarket expected to create 10,000 new jobs
Mega deals have been off the table since Sainsbury was blocked from buying Asda
Views from bosses spanning Stuart Rose and Crispin Odey on the government’s tax cuts
Discounter and rival Lidl are to Tesco and co what Ryanair and easyJet were to British Airways
Motoring groups turn heat up on fuel retailers amid cost of living crisis
CMA to investigate eco-friendly statements by Asos, Boohoo and Asda’s George brand
Battle for struggling UK convenience chain prompts Asda owner to pledge pension funding
Staff shortages force UK grocers to increase hourly rates and find savings elsewhere
TDR Capital reveals eye-watering paper gains only year after UK chain’s purchase from Walmart
A resurgent Tesco will compound pressure on the sector from discounters as inflation surges
Dire warnings of empty shelves have failed to materialise as many companies successfully navigate logistical challenges
Former M&S chief executive has worked with grocer’s owners since the start of this year
Plugging a £750m hole leaves the supermarket chain in a weaker position in a tough economy
Supermarket chain must help find the £750m the deal would have generated
Supermarket will also shell out £250m as result of failed deal with its owners EG Group
Chief operating and strategy officers are the latest to leave UK supermarket group
Roger Burnley departs weeks after Issa brothers and TDR Capital takeover is approved by regulators
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