Will Sainsbury’s and Asda keep all stores open?

SIR – Sainsbury’s and Asda assure us there will be no store closures. Really? Close to us, we have a large Asda store opposite an equally large Sainsbury’s store at a busy roundabout.

Obviously one of the two will close. John Tilsiter

Radlett, Hertfordshire

SIR – Stephen Edwards (Letters, May 1) asks what Sainsbury’s customers will make of this “socially downmarket” merger. I think it could be good news for Waitrose, provided its shelves are better stocked than they currently are. Jane O’nions

Sevenoaks, Kent

SIR – I am not so sure this merger should be regarded as a downmarket move.

Despite vociferous protests that there was no demand for a German supermarket in Guildford, I now have difficulty getting into its car park for all the Mercedes, BMWS and Range Rovers. Stephen Askew

Woking, Surrey

SIR – For the sake of social inclusion, what I really want to see is the merger of Waitrose and Lidl. Guy Bargery

Edinburgh