Supermarkets selling 蓄える/店s to raise quick cash: Asda and Morrisons lead way with 取引,協定s to offload shops

Supermarkets are selling their 蓄える/店s to raise quick cash.

And Asda sold 25 supermarkets to US 所有物/資産/財産 投資家 Realty Income 会社/団体 in a £650million 取引,協定.

Asda used the cash to buy the 大多数 of its owner EG Group's UK 商売/仕事.

The 億万長者 Issa brothers, Zuber and Mohsin, said the 取引,協定 had helped EG to make '重要な 進歩' in 減ずるing its 負債s.

They bought Asda in a 議論の的になる £6.8 billion 負債-fuelled 取引,協定 three years ago.

Asda and Morrisons ? which both have large 負債 piles ? led the way with 取引,協定s to offload their shops and 倉庫/問屋s last year.

Although they sell the 所有物/資産/財産, the grocers can 賃貸し(する) it 支援する from the new owner and continue running the 場所/位置s.

These sale and leasebacks accounted for の近くに to half of 所有物/資産/財産 取引,協定s in 2023 ? compared with just one per cent in 2022 ? によれば data from 研究 group Colliers.?

The sale and leaseback 取引,協定s help 打ち明ける cash tied up in real 広い地所 to 支払う/賃金 負かす/撃墜する 負債.

Quick cash:?Asda and Morrisons ? which both have large debt piles ? led the way with deals to offload their shops

Quick cash:?Asda and Morrisons ? which both have large 負債 piles ? led the way with 取引,協定s to offload their shops

Morrisons said it 完全にするd around £450million of sale and leaseback 処理/取引s during its 財政上の year to October 29, 2023.?

And Asda sold 25 supermarkets to US 所有物/資産/財産 投資家 Realty Income 会社/団体 in a £650million 取引,協定.

Morrisons is sat on a 逮捕する 負債 pile of £8.6billion.?Asda has £4.2billion.?

The companies 拒絶する/低下するd to comment.