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  "path": "/2026/04/25/major-uk-supermarket-brink-collapse-risk-closing-300-stores-28111595/",
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  "textContent": "Bosses at Southern Co-op have warned the chain faces insolvency unless it merges with the national Co-operative Group amid 'difficult' trading in the last few years.",
  "title": "Major UK supermarket on brink of collapse and at risk of closing 300 stores"
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