Sainsbury's buys store chain
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Supermarket chain J Sainsbury buys convenience store chain Jacksons, which has 114 stores across the Midlands and north of England.
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The deal will create a 550-store $11 billion supermarket chain, the latest merger in the quickly consolidating grocery industry.
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Premier Foods, the owner of brands such as Branston Pickle and Ambrosia Cream Rice, buys fellow food company RHM for Â£1.2bn.
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Britain's third-biggest grocer, J Sainsbury, is the target of a five-billion-pound (7.2-billion-euro, 9.1-billion-dollar) takeover bid.
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J Sainsbury Plc , Britain's third-biggest supermarket operator, said on Friday it had sold a 5 percent stake in Sainsbury's Bank for 21 million pounds ($41 million) to British banking group HBOS Plc .
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UK-based brewer SABMiller has completed the acquisition of the Foster's business and brand in India for 120 million dollars (94.4 million euros).
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Business & money: Â· Grocer buys Dobbies chain with surprise Â£156m dealÂ· Stores will retain name to avoid 'Tescofication' fears
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Three private equity firms announced they were considering a bid for J Sainsbury, Britainâs third-largest supermarket group.
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J Sainsbury, the British supermarket chain, softened its opposition to Qatarâs Â£10.5 billion ($21 billion) takeover bid after Qatar said it would borrow less to pay for the deal.
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, the British publisher of the smash Harry Potter series, said Wednesday it has agreed to buy Walker Publishing Co. Inc., which publishes adult nonfiction and children's books.
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J Sainsbury Plc , Britain's third-biggest supermarket operator, said on Friday it had sold a 5 percent stake in Sainsbury's Bank for 21 million pounds ($41 million) to British banking group HBOS Plc  as potential bidders continue to circle the retailer.
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Business & money: Investment fund backed by Qatari royal family makes takeover approach for supermarket group.
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Business & money: Supermarket chain trumps rivals with 9% sales jump, and new ad campaign helps lift profits
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Food giant AB Foods agrees to buy the Patak's Indian food business from its founding family for an undisclosed sum.
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Britian's third-biggest grocer, J Sainsbury, is the target of a five-billion-pound (7.2-billion-euro, 9.1-billion-dollar) takeover bid.
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Supermarket group J Sainsbury said Thursday it would open its books to takeover suitor and Qatari investment fund Delta Two.
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A Qatari investment group said Friday that it has increased its shareholding in J Sainsbury to 25 percent.