MPs tell Asda and Sainsbury's merger was 'financial fix'

Asda and Sainsbury's bosses accused of giving 'mickey mouse numbers' to parliamentary committee The bosses of Asda and Sainsbury's have been accused of using "mickey mouse numbers" by MPs, who also dismissed the two grocers' promise to continue running both brands separately after a merger as "baloney". In a bruising session on Wednesday morning, Neil Parish, chair of the parliamentary environment food and rural affairs committee, told Asda's chief executive Roger Burnley there was "no logic to ...