3 Weigh Joint Bid for British Grocery Chain
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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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The grocery chain is struggling to turn itself around. Will investors keep the faith?
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ARCHIE NORMAN, the former chief executive of Asda, has been approached to lead a bid for J Sainsbury, the troubled supermarket chain.
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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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A Qatari investment fund, the Delta Fund, said it was talking with J Sainsbury, the British supermarket operator, about a takeover, the second bid this year for Sainsbury. Delta, which already holds a 25 percent stake in the grocer, said it was in preliminary talks to buy the rest. Sainsbury confirmed it had received an offer, but neither side disclosed a price. Earlier this year the company fended off a Â£10.1 billion ($20.6 billion) bid from a group of buyout funds.
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Business & money: Proposed Â£10.6bn takeover of supermarket group moves a step closer.
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The formal bid from a consortium led by the Royal Bank of Scotland challenges an earlier offer from Barclays in what would be the richest banking takeover.
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The move comes as the company tries to win back choosy high street customers amid fierce competition from the likes of Next and supermarket chain Asda.
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A three-bank consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland on Tuesday launched a rival bid for Dutch bank ABN Amro, already the target of a friendly takeover bid by British bank Barclays.
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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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A report suggests a second private equity consortium is looking at launching a takeover bid for Sainsbury's.
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Sainsbury's opens its books to the Qatar-based investment firm Delta Two which is planning a Â£10.3bn bid.
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LONDON -- A Qatari investment fund said yesterday it is talking with J Sainsbury PLC about a takeover, marking the second bid this year for Britain's third-largest supermarket group.
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Private equity groups CVC Capital Partners, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Blackstone have said they are mulling a takeover of J Sainsbury, the third-biggest biggest supermarket chain in Britain.
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Shares in discount retailer Big Food Group leap more than 13% as the owner of the Iceland frozen food chain reveals it is in bid talks.
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Interflora stakeholders are meeting to decide whether to accept a buyout offer from investment group 3i.
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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.