Central Retail Corporation Plc (CRC) has agreed to acquire AEON (Thailand) Co Ltd, the operator of 30 MaxValu supermarkets in Thailand, in a move aimed at strengthening its food retail business and expanding the footprint of its Tops supermarket chain.
In a filing to the Stock Exchange of Thailand on Friday, CRC said its wholly owned subsidiary, Central Food Retail Co Ltd (CFR), had signed a share purchase agreement to acquire all ordinary shares of AEON (Thailand).