206 Tesco Delivery Stock Photos, High-Res Pictures, and Images - Getty Images

The logo of supermarket chain Asda is pictured on the side of a home-delivery van outside a store in Stockport, northern England on April 30, 2018. - Britain's second and third biggest supermarket chains Sainsbury's and Walmart-owned Asda have agreed to merge, the pair said Monday, hoping to create a £13-billion retail king and leapfrog UK number one Tesco. The blockbuster deal -- which is effectively a takeover bid with Sainsbury's acquiring a majority 58-percent stake -- comes as the British supermarket sector faces squeezed profit margins and fierce competition from German-owned discounters Aldi and Lidl and online US titan . Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty

206 Tesco Delivery Stock Photos, High-Res Pictures, and Images - Getty Images

206 Tesco Delivery Stock Photos, High-Res Pictures, and Images - Getty Images

206 Tesco Delivery Stock Photos, High-Res Pictures, and Images - Getty Images

206 Tesco Delivery Stock Photos, High-Res Pictures, and Images - Getty Images

206 Tesco Delivery Stock Photos, High-Res Pictures, and Images - Getty Images

206 Tesco Delivery Stock Photos, High-Res Pictures, and Images - Getty Images

206 Tesco Delivery Stock Photos, High-Res Pictures, and Images - Getty Images