If it's not a supply deal, what is Bestway getting from its Costcutter purchase? | Comment & Opinion
By Ronan Hegarty2020-12-22T16:00:00+00:00 While Brits were spending Friday lining up online deliveries for presents, Bestway carried out its own version of last-minute Christmas shopping by snapping up Costcutter. Talks on the deal had kicked off at the start of the year, only to be put on hold as the coronavirus crisis hit. In another sense, this deal has been rumbling on for over three years, both before and after the collapse of Costcutter’s previous supplier Palmer & Harvey at the end of 2017. Bestway would not comment on the price it has paid for Costcutter, but its turnaround over the...