ASDA snaps up quartet of Safeway stores

Supermarket giant Asda boosted its presence in the British midlands today after agreeing a deal to buy four Safeway stores from rival Morrisons.

Three of the outlets – at Shrewsbury, Coventry and Burton-on-Trent – are among 52 Safeway shops that Morrisons must sell following its £3bn (€4.4bn) acquisition of the 479-strong chain earlier this year.