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Co-op takeover of Southern Co-op given green light by competition watchdog

The Independent ·First reported
The IndependentCo-op takeover of Southern Co-op given green light by competition watchdog
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The Co-op will add Southern’s 330,000 members to its existing seven million, as well as about 300 food, funeral and Starbucks coffeehouse sites.

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