21.   Supermarket operators benefit in many ways from expanding through acquisitions.

22.   Supermarket operator Supersol was unchanged.

23.   Tesco also credited its loyalty card program with helping the supermarket operator take market share from its competitors.

24.   Tesco credited its loyalty card program with helping the supermarket operator take market share from its competitors.

25.   The Cincinnati-based supermarket operator said it will buy the shares periodically in the open market.

26.   The counter offer comes one week after Promodes made its bid for both Rallye and Casino in an effort to become the biggest supermarket operator in France.

27.   The once-dominant U.K. supermarket operator also lost its leading position to rival Tesco Plc.

28.   The supermarket operator has fallen for four days straight on concern about its fiscal health.

29.   The supermarket operator has now fallen four days straight on concern about its fiscal health.

30.   The takeover bid comes as French hypermarket and supermarket operators face expansion problems.