Coles Myer joins pubs bidding war
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Australia&#39;s biggest retailer Coles Myer has joined the bidding war for pubs group Australian Leisure and Hospitality (ALH), offering Aust.
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SYDNEY: Australian supermarket giant Woolworths raised its bid for pubs chain ALH to A$1.2bn ($898m) on Monday, but rival Coles Myer played for time by winning a deadline extension.
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Australian retailer Coles Myer intensified the battle for the ALH pubs and liquor chain yesterday, topping an offer by Woolworths with aA$1.
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Business & money: Â£156m bid for Dobbies Garden Centres likely to heighten concern over chain's dominance.
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Business & money: Â· Store group challenges Tesco view on pricesÂ· Pledge to give a better deal to smaller suppliers
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INDEPENDENT grocery wholesaler Metcash Trading has made a bold bid to become the third force in our supermarket scene behind Woolworths and Coles with a $846 million offer for Foodland yesterday.
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A bidding war for Australia&#39;s biggest hotel owner has helped push the Australian share market into record territory yet again.
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Australian supermarket group Coles Myer has admitted defeat in the takeover battle for Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group (ALH) after rival bidder Woolworths said it had secured more than 20% of its target.
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BROWN-FORMAN, the drinks group behind Jack Danielâs, will launch a formal bid for Glenmorangie, the Scotch whisky producer which was put up for sale last week.
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Woolworths Ltd., Australia&#39;s biggest grocer, increased its offer for Australian Leisure &amp; Hospitality Group to A$1.2 billion ($877 million) to stop rival bidder Coles Myer Ltd.
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Brewer Scottish & Newcastle said Thursday it was in talks with a view to being taken over by Danish group Carlsberg and Dutch peer Heineken for 7.8 billion pounds.
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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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Shares in Australian Leisure &amp; Hospitality Group yesterday raced ahead of the latest takeover offer, gaining 23 Â¢ to $3.14 as investors speculated Coles Myer was building a strategic stake in the pub and poker machine operator.
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WOOLWORTHS has triumphed in a protracted two-way takeover battle for Australian Leisure and Hospitality after securing enough shares to discourage rival Coles Myer from making a seventh increase in the bid price for the pubs and pokies group.
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Shares in the pub and bottle shop owner Australian Leisure &amp; Hospitality Group slipped yesterday after Coles Myer chief executive John Fletcher gave his strongest indication yet that the retailer&#39;s
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Australian retailer Coles Group Ltd.  put itself up for sale on Friday after receiving a number of  takeover approaches, saying it believed it was worth more than  A$18.2 billion ($14.3 billion).
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Heineken and Carlsberg are given an extra 24 hours to make a firm bid for UK brewer Scottish & Newcastle.