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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Jon Macpherson & Adam Maidment

Asda owners Issa brothers reveal plans for more stores and 'specialist greengrocers' in bid to overtake Sainsbury's

The billionaire Issa Brothers have unveiled plans for Asda to overtake rival supermarket Sainsbury’s

Mohsin and Zuber Issa, who bought Asda from Walmart in a £6.8billion deal last year, have outlined how they want it to become the UK’s second biggest supermarket.

The founders, who started their business empire with a single petrol station in Bury, want Asda to focus on improved product quality, open more stand-alone convenience stores and appoint specialist greengrocers at stores.

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