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Property sale drives Asda’s profits in 2021

Profits surged from £368.8m to £1bn last year, driven by one-off asset sales. The grocer has benefited, in particular, from a £395m profit from the sale and leaseback of 27 warehouse properties to US private equity giant Blackstone, for £1.7bn.

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