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impacting the food service and convenience sectors<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The combined business will have a total annual turnover of almost \u00a330billion, serve 21 million customers per week and employ about 170,000 workers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Asda said the takeover would create an enlarged business that is in a stronger position to profit from the &#8216;highly attractive structural drivers&#8217; impacting the foodservice and convenience sectors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The group said consumers are shopping more often at local outlets while working from home and &#8216;increasingly prioritising&#8217; takeaway and food-to-go options because of their busy lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The supermarket chain also expects to earn an extra \u00a3195million in underlying earnings after rents, while generating approximately \u00a3100million in profit and loss synergies over the coming three years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">To fund the acquisition, Asda is tapping shareholders for about \u00a3450million in equity, making approximately \u00a31.1billion of property-related transactions and taking out \u00a3770million of term loan debt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Once the takeover is finalised, the supermarket chain intends to spend more than \u00a3150million consolidating the two businesses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">All EG sites in the UK and Ireland will be converted to the Asda brand, with the exception of about 30 petrol stations that are not part of the purchase.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Mohsin Issa will remain in charge of the business to oversee the integration while the supermarket searches for a new chief executive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He said: &#8216;Asda is committed to saving customers precious time and money across their shopping baskets and on the forecourt.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The combination of Asda and EG UK&amp;I will be positive news for motorists, as we will be able to bring Asda&#8217;s highly competitive fuel offer to even more customers.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Stuart Rose, Asda&#8217;s chairman, said the deal &#8216;will create a consumer champion like the UK has never seen. 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