Not so super

THE rise in the share price after the planned merger between Asda and sainsbury was announced shows the stock market is nothing more than a bunch of greedy opportunists.

The German supermarkets are marching ahead in Britain because they are privately owned.

JOHN EVANS, Wokingham, Berks. wILL the new supermarket be called Asdabury’s or sainsasda?

EFROSYNI HOBBS, London SE9.