The supermarkets’ catchment areas overlap in 463 places, competition watchdog finds
Sainsbury’s and Asda could be forced to offload more than 460 stores to satisfy the competition watchdog before a planned merger.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it had found a “realistic prospect of a significant lessening of competition” in 463 places in the UK where local supermarkets’ catchment areas overlapped.
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