Woolworths Limited - proposed acquisition of Jindabyne IGA Supermarket, Festival IGA Liquor, and Porter's Liquor licence
Type of assessment
Informal Review
Reference
28264
Acquirer(s)
Woolworths Limited
Target(s)
Jindabyne IGA Supermarket
Industry
Supermarket & Liquor Retail
Summary
Woolworths proposed to acquire Festival Jindabyne IGA Supermarket, and Festival IGA Liquor Jindabyne, and the off-licence (retail) liquor licence currently trading in Jindabyne as "Porter's Liquor".
Outcome of assessment
Not opposed
Total review days *
22
Commenced public review
15th May 2007
Date completed
19th June 2007
Market definition
Please see detailed Public Competition Assessment below.
Competition analysis
Please see detailed Public Competition Assessment below.
Public competition assessment
Public Competition Assessment 26th June 2007 D07+56566.pdf (95.7 KB)
Review timeline
Date
Event
15th May 2007
ACCC commenced review under the Merger Review Process Guidelines.
25th May 2007
Closing date for submissions from interested parties.
1st June 2007
ACCC requested further information from Woolworths. ACCC timeline suspended.
1st June 2007
Decision date postponed from 6 June 2007 to 13 June 2007 to allow for consideration of further information.
7th June 2007
ACCC received further information from Woolworths. ACCC timeline recommenced.
7th June 2007
Decision date postponed from 13 June 2007 to 19 June 2007 to allow for consideration of further information provided by Woolworths.
19th June 2007
ACCC announced it would not oppose the proposed acquisition.
* Total Review days = Total business days less public holidays and time during which the review was suspended.
