Australian grocery retailer Woolworths has denied it is considering acquiring the Farmers New Zealand department store chain belonging to rival Foodland.

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“We’re not in the high-margin, low-volume business,” Woolworths chief executive Roger Corbett was quoted by Reuters as saying, have repeatedly stressed that his company is only interested in buying low-margin, high-volume businesses.