Asda, Kings Lynn / Anglia
OFT closed case: Anticipated acquisition by Asda Stores Limited of a store in Kings Lynn from Anglia Regional Co-operative Society Ltd/Westgate Properties (Anglia) Limited and Anglia Co-operative (Food) Limited.
Affected market: Grocery retail
No. ME/4976/11
Found not to qualify.
On the basis of the information available to it, the Office of Fair Trading has decided that the anticipated acquisition by Asda Stores Limited of one store in Kings Lynn from Anglia Regional Co-operative Society Limited/Westgate Properties (Anglia) Limited and Anglia Co-operative (Food) Limited does not qualify for investigation under the mergers provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002 (the Act), because neither the UK turnover test nor the share of supply test in section 23 of the Act is met. A relevant merger situation has, therefore, not been created.