A customer pays for groceries at an Esselunga supermarket in [Getty Images]

ITALY - OCTOBER 10: A customer pays for groceries at an Esselunga supermarket in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, October 10, 2006. Esselunga SpA, an Italian supermarket chain, denied a report that the company is in talks to be bought by Tesco Plc, the U.K.'s biggest retailer. (Photo by Carlo Cerchioli/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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