In 2010, Asda (owned by Walmart) bought the UK stores of which discount grocers for £778m?
Walmart acquisition of Netto UK. In addition to small suburban Asda Supermarkets, which has 211 locations, larger stores are branded Supercentres, which has 32 locations. Other banners include Asda Superstores (341 locations), Asda Living (33 locations), and Asda Petrol Fueling Station (18 locations). In July 2015, Asda updated its logo featuring the Walmart Asterisks behind the first 'A' in the Logo. In May 2018, Walmart announced plans to sell Asda to rival Sainsburys for $10.1 billion. Under the terms of the deal, Walmart gets a 42% stake in the combined company and about £3 billion in cash. On September 28, 2010,
Walmart Ancaster, London, and Stouffville, Ontario. The 100thCanadian Supercentre opened in July 2010, in Victoria, British Columbia. In 2010, Walmart Canada Bank was introduced with the launch of the Walmart Rewards MasterCard. Walmart's UK subsidiary Asda (which retained its name after being acquired by Walmart) is based in Leeds and accounted for 42.7percent of 2006 sales of Walmart's international division. In contrast to the U.S. operations, Asda was originally and still remains primarily a grocery chain, but with a stronger focus on non-food items than most UK supermarket chains other than Tesco. Asda had 635 stores, including 147 from the 2010