[12] In October 2020, it purchased Asda from Walmart for £6.8 billion, as part of a consortium with Zuber and Mohsin Issa, with whom it owns EG Group.
[25] In December 2020, following a referral from the EU Commission, the Competition and Markets Authority launched an investigation into the £6.8 billion Asda joint takeover by brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa and TDR, joint owners of petrol forecourt firm EG Group, probing for significant adverse effects on competition in the UK.
[26][27][28] In October 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority began an investigation into the completed acquisition by Asda, TDR and brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa, of petrol forecourt business from the Co-operative Group.
[29][30] TDR's Managing Partner, Gary Lindsay and COO and Deputy General Counsel appeared before a Parliamentary select committee in January 2024 to answer questions about the company's debt burden with regard to Asda and Stonegate in particular.
[31] The chair of the select committee, Labour’s Liam Byrne, said that “The private equity model creates big tax incentives for people to load up some of these companies with a lot of debt.” Byrne added, “When it comes to Stonegate then, you have lost Manjit Dale from the board, you have debt of £2.5 billion, you have a debt increase of about £650 million, and you have significant loans maturing this year.