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  • Leon: Restaurant chain’s loss-making streak continues amid Asda takeover

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    Restaurant chain Leon lost almost £20m in the year it was sold by the billionaire Issa brothers to Asda, it has been revealed. The company had been purchased by the brothers’ Lancashire-based EG Group in 2021 before most of the group’s UK operations were sold to the supermarket giant for £2bn in October 2023. At [...]

    Leon is now owned by Asda.
  • Asda takeover: Meet the British supermarket giant’s new private equity owner

    Business

    Meet the new private equity owner of supermarket giant Asda after one half of the billionaire Issa brothers sold it his shares.

    TDR Capital became the majority owner of Asda towards the end of 2024.
  • Issa brothers: How to turn a petrol station into an empire for billionaires

    retail

    How did the Issa brothers transform a single petrol station in Greater Manchester into an empire and become billionaires in the process?

    The Issa brothers are some of the best-known businessmen in the UK.
  • Billionaire Issa brothers split up as Asda takeover announced

    June 7, 2024

    Asda is to get a new majority owner after one of the billionaire Issa brothers agreed to sell his stake, it has been confirmed.

  • Mohsin and Zuber Issa: Asda-owning billionaire brothers see net worth sag

    May 17, 2024

    The Issa brothers have had a tumultuous year, as it was rumoured that Zuber was looking to sell his 22.5 per cent stake in Asda after falling out with his brother.

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