Franklins

Metcash’s supply chain will continue swallowing the load of 80 NSW and ACT more stores, now that the full bench of the Federal Court has rejected Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s application to prevent Metcash from acquiring the Franklins supermarket business. In doing so, the Federal Court held that state markets were part of a broader national market, the point that Metcash has always argued. “We will continue the process of seeking and reviewing expressions of interest for the stores, which are being sold to independent retailers,” Metcash CEO Andrew Reitzer says.
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