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Regulators sign off on The Co-op’s £137.5m acquisition of Nisa

The Competition and Markets Authority has given the go-ahead to the proposed acquisition. The CMA argued that the deal is unlikely to lead to raised prices for consumers as they will still have a number of grocery options.

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