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Coles' supermarket lease bid to be reviewed under Australia's new merger rules

( November 28, 2025, 00:21 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Grocery retailer Coles’ proposed leasehold acquisition of a supermarket and liquor site in the state of Western Australia will be reviewed under Australia’s new mandatory-notification regime. In a statement on Friday, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission said Coles Group, through its supermarket subsidiary, has agreed to a “Letter of Offer” to take up a lease at a new neighborhood center in Somerville, in the regional city of Kalgoorlie. The regulator said the vacant site would allow Coles to operate a 2,800 square meter supermarket and a liquor store under a lease offered by Western Australian property developer M Holding 4.The full statement follows; the questionnaire is attached:...

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