According to Sky News, the talks took place earlier in 2026. The source does not provide a more precise date or indicate where the meetings were held.
The proposal is said to have involved a merger between J Sainsbury and Morrisons, both of which operate in the UK grocery sector. Sky News described the possible transaction as the most significant consolidation deal in the supermarket sector in more than five years.
This characterization reflects the assessment reported by the news outlet of the transaction’s potential scale, not an announcement that a merger has been completed. The material provided, in fact, refers to talks about a possible transaction.
Sky News’s report does not say that a merger agreement was reached. This lack of information, on its own, does not make it possible to establish whether or not the deal was completed.
The source also does not specify the outcome of the discussions or their current status. No details are available about whether contact between the two companies continued.
The report therefore describes a phase of discussions about a possible merger, but does not provide sufficient information to reconstruct how the talks subsequently developed. The information reported comes from the single account published by Sky News.