Tesco, Big C, Dairy Farm, Japanese Supermarkets Keen On Carrefour SE Asia Assets

Wall Street Journal JULY 6, 2010 

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Leading supermarket chains are interested in the assets of French hypermarket Carrefour SA in Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia, two people with direct knowledge of the deal said Tuesday.

"It's the big boys that are interested. Big C Supercenter PCL and Tesco PLC for the Thai assets; Tesco, Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd. and Japanese supermarkets for the Malaysia stores, and Tesco for Singapore," one of those people told Dow Jones Newswires.

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