The supermarket chain Somerfield has shelved plans to sell its struggling Kwik Save division. The company acquired 900 Kwik Save stores in 1998, and decided to put 350 of them up for sale last year. But none of the offers it received was thought to be satisfactory and Somerfield has now changed its mind. The stores are estimated to be worth £215m, but it is believed offers were in the region of £75m - £90m. Somerfield is also withdrawing from sale 41 of its own brand shops. It decided earlier this year to sell up to 140 of its bigger stores in an attempt to refocus the business as a neighbourhood retailer. But 57 of those were taken off the market because no suitable offers had been received. Now the remaining stores will stay in the Somerfield portfolio. The changes in policy are the first moves made by the new chief executive, Alan Smith. He took over Somerfield, Britain's fifth largest supermarket chain, after David Simons was ousted last month. The purchase of the Kwik Save stores has caused problems for Somerfield.
UK: Somerfield shelves sell-off plans
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