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Jollyes owner said to be working with bankers on potential multi-million pound sale - sources - Part 3

It seems little old Betaville owes rival business hack Josh O'Neill an apology.

I thought I was the first to discover late last year that British pet food retailer Jollyes had appointed advisers from Houlihan Lokey to find a buyer for the business.

However, it turns out O'Neill - who works for Debtwire and Mergermarket, little old Betaville's former employers back in the mid Noughties - revealed the scoopette first...

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Jollyes owner said to be working with bankers on potential multi-million pound sale - sources - Part 2

Rivals at Debtwire and Mergermarket have picked up on little old Betaville's scoopette about the potential £100 million sale of British pet food retailer Jollyes.

According Debtwire's Josh O'Neil, the private equity owners of supermarket giant Asda, TDR Capital, have been in exclusive talks with Jollyes owner Kester Capital about a takeover of the business...

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Jollyes owner said to be working with bankers on potential multi-million pound sale - sources

One of Britain's largest pet food retailers could be about to change hands.

City sources said the the private equity owners of Jollyes are working with advisers from Houlihan Lokey on strategic options for Jollyes, which sells cat, dog and bird food across the United Kingdom from retail centres.

Jollyes, which was founded in 1935, is owned by buy-out house Kester Capital...

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