Sainsbury's must accept its Asda merger has been canned

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He can always kick can down the road (puns intended)

Good

So no huge pay out for Sainsbury’s boss... that’s good ASDA owners WALMART will now sell to a VC and exit UK is to small a back yard for them.

He's a wanted man in Egypt it seems...

They’ve been told to BOGOF

I'm sure they'll listen to the bleeding guardian 🤣🤣🤣

Either that or someone has bottled it! 😶

Quite right so.

Predictable and predicted. Questions will be asked of the board and the advisors.

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