France's Casino to sell big stores to rivals Auchan, Les Mousquetaires
By Sudip Kar-Gupta and Helen Reid
December 18, 20232:13 PM GMT-3Updated 7 months ago
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PARIS, Dec 18 (Reuters) - French retailer Casino said on Monday it had entered into exclusive talks to sell all of its big stores to Les Mousquetaires and Auchan Retail.
Casino, which has warned of likely losses for 2023 for its core French business, is racing to finalise a bailout to avoid bankruptcy early next year.
The deal to sell 313 hyp...
France's Casino to sell big stores to rivals Auchan, Les Mousquetaires
By Sudip Kar-Gupta and Helen Reid
December 18, 20232:13 PM GMT-3Updated 7 months ago
France, December 4, 2023. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
PARIS, Dec 18 (Reuters) - French retailer Casino said on Monday it had entered into exclusive talks to sell all of its big stores to Les Mousquetaires and Auchan Retail.
Casino, which has warned of likely losses for 2023 for its core French business, is racing to finalise a bailout to avoid bankruptcy early next year.
The deal to sell 313 hypermarkets and supermarkets is based on a fixed enterprise value of 1.35 billion euros ($1.47 billion), excluding real estate, Casino said in a statement. The stores represent total sales for 2022 of around 3.6 billion euros excluding VAT (excluding petrol), it said.
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