The Issa Brothers, who own Asda, are 'considering an £8bn takeover of sandwich giant Subway', according to reports.
The self-made billionaires, who started their business empire with a single petrol station in Bury, are thought to be in line to buy the restaurant chain, which has around 44,000 stores nationwide.
Mohsin, 51, and Zuber, 50, who both hail from Blackburn, operates more than 6,600 petrol stations globally under Euro Garages, one of the EU’s largest independent fuel retailers with outlets across Europe, the United States and Australia.
