Details have emerged of the location of some of the 126 stores The Co-operative Group has to sell in order to complete its £1.57bn acquisition of Somerfield.
Seventeen are in Scotland, including one in Wick, which has a Co-op store and a Somerfield within a third of a mile of each other.
It is also understood that stores in Wellington in Somerset and Steyning in West Sussex are on the list. Wellington has a Somerfield and a Co-op store less than half a mile apart, while the stores in Steyning are less than 100ft from each other.
Staff involved had been briefed, a Co-op Group spokeswoman said, but she would not reveal which Somerfields or Co-op stores would be sold.
Last week the Office of Fair Trading cleared the deal but ruled that there were competition concerns in 126 local markets.
Seventeen are in Scotland, including one in Wick, which has a Co-op store and a Somerfield within a third of a mile of each other.
It is also understood that stores in Wellington in Somerset and Steyning in West Sussex are on the list. Wellington has a Somerfield and a Co-op store less than half a mile apart, while the stores in Steyning are less than 100ft from each other.
Staff involved had been briefed, a Co-op Group spokeswoman said, but she would not reveal which Somerfields or Co-op stores would be sold.
Last week the Office of Fair Trading cleared the deal but ruled that there were competition concerns in 126 local markets.
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