Why would choice and quality be ‘impacted’ supermarkets all sell the same stuff sourced from the same companies/farms - nothing will change and in theory prices should go DOWN due to economies’ of scale
Good. I'd stop using Asda if they were taken over by Sainsbury's.
Don’t panic, the merger will go through. The spineless ones won’t put up a fight. Wait to you hear about the job losses and you won’t be able to blame Brexit. Brown envelopes and gongs round.
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