A source close to US buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co has said the company is not mulling a takeover bid for UK supermarket firm J Sainsbury, despite media reports to the contrary.

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A UK newspaper reported at the weekend that KKR, which earlier this year expressed interest in acquiring UK supermarket chain Safeway, had enlisted Archie Norman, a former chief executive of Asda, to look into the possibility of KKR making an offer for J Sainsbury.


However, a source close to the US company denied the rumours.


“The company is neither working with Archie or looking at Sainsbury at this time,” the source told Reuters.

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