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nick, thank you, nick eardley. the supermarket asda is expanding its growth into the convenience food sector. it s agreed to buy eg group, adding another 350 petrol stations to hundreds it has already. so what will this mean for customers? our business correspondent emma simpson is here. asda is the uk s third biggest supermarket, with over 640 stores. it s now buying the uk and irish operations of the petrol forecourt operator eg group. that means, in one fell swoop, it s going to add another 350 petrol stations and own 1,000 fast food locations. both of these businesses are co owned by the billionaire issa brothers from blackburn. under the deal, this new combined group will have revenues of around £30 billion a year and employ around 170,000 people. i asked the chairman of asda and eg group, stuart rose, what it would mean for shoppers.