The Competition Tribunal has approved Shoprite's proposed acquisition of certain Massmart-owned supermarkets, wholesalers and liquor stores. It also gave Shoprite the go-ahead to buy Massmart's Massfresh business too, but with a lot of conditions. Shoprite initially made an offer to buy 56 grocery stores from Cambridge Food and Rhino Cash and Carry and 43 adjacent liquor stores earlier this year. It also wanted to buy 10 wholesale cash and carry stores, 2 wholesale liquor stores, Massfresh and Fruitspot. It made an offer of R1.36 billion to Massmart. The Competition Commission recommended that the Tribunal approve the deal in May.
