Acquisition of sole control: The French Competition Authority clears an acquisition of sole control in the food distribution sector (SNC Schlecker/Système U Centrale Régionale Sud)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. It is indeed the buyout by one of the group's four regional cooperatives System U cooperative with 139 stores selling mainly consumer goods. drugstore under Ensign Schlecker. In the absence of overlapping activities of the parties, since both the purchaser is located in the food-dominated retail trade, while the target does not fall within the scope of the of the category of food-dominant