Britain’s shops should invade Europe
Nov 26, 2021
2 minutes
Matthew Lynn City columnist
Even for one of the most aggressive of corporate raiders, close on $1bn is a big sum. Last week, Elliott Advisors spent that much on a stake in Ahold Delhaize, Europe’s largest supermarket chain. It comes hard on the heels of the Canadian buyout firm Couche-Tard tabling a takeover offer for the French giant Carrefour, swiftly followed by the tentative takeover talks with its rival, Auchan. In
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