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Asda superstores are large supermarkets with a non-food offer slightly smaller than an Asda Supercentre. As of 31 January 2021, there are 342 superstores. Most superstores have a petrol filling station and dining and refreshment facilities for shoppers such as customer cafes, and selected stores have McDonald's franchise restaurants or "Express ...
The Cobra Beer range currently consists of three beers: [citation needed] Cobra Premium (4.5%), an extra-smooth premium beer that is currently sold in 330ml and 620ml bottles. A draught version (4.3%) is also available. It is branded as Cobra World Beer for the UK market. Cobra Zero (0.0%), a non-alcoholic version of Cobra Premium, sold since 2005.
Mohsin Issa was born in July 1971, and Zuber Issa in June 1972 in Blackburn, Lancashire in North West England into an Indian Gujarati Muslim family [8] [9] to parents Vali and Zubeda who came to the United Kingdom from Bharuch, Gujarat, India in the 1960s to work in the textile industry, and then ran a petrol station. [10]
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She added, Heineken, Grolsch, Bavaria and InBev tried to cover their tracks by using code names and abbreviations for secret meetings to carve up the market for beer sold to supermarkets, hotels, restaurants and cafes. The price fixing extended to cheaper own-brand labels and rebates for bars. [32]
From 1948 the company exported beer to Belgium where it was bottled and distributed by Tilkens brewery. [21] In 1950 there was a general strike in Belgium, and John Smith's hired two Handley Page Halifax heavy bomber aircraft to carry 7 ton loads twice-daily of their beers into the country in order to ensure supply. [22]
In April 2021, the company was sold for a reported £100 million to the Issa brothers' EG Group, which also operates fast food franchises and had recently agreed to buy a majority stake in the Asda supermarket business. [3]