Add-on Acquisition • Transportation

Walmart Acquires McLane Company

On January 1, 1990, Walmart acquired transportation company McLane Company

Acquisition Context

This is Walmart’s 1st transaction in the Transportation sector.
This is Walmart’s 1st transaction in the United States.
This is Walmart’s 1st transaction in Texas.

Investment Fate

McLane Company was divested to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2003 for 1.5B USD.

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M&A Deal Summary
Date	January 1, 1990
Target	McLane Company
Sector	Transportation
Buyer(s)	Walmart
Deal Type	Add-on Acquisition

Target Company

McLane Company

Temple, Texas, United States

McLane Company, Inc., is a supply chain services, providing grocery and foodservice supply chain solutions for convenience stores, mass merchants, drug stores and chain restaurants throughout the United States.

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Buyer

Walmart

Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

Category	Company
Founded	1945
Sector	Retail
Employees	2,100,000
Revenue	681.0B USD (2025)

DESCRIPTION

Entrance to Walmart's corporate campus in Bentonville, Arkansas.

Walmart is a discount retailer with operations across the globe. Walmart was formed in 1945 and is based in Bentonville, Arkansas.

Deal Context for Buyer	#
Overall	1 of 23
Sector: Transportation	1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition	1 of 17
State: Texas	1 of 1
Country: United States	1 of 16
Year: 1990	1 of 1

FOLLOWING DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
1999-06-14	Asda Leeds, United Kingdom Asda is a grocery retailer with an omni-channel, multi format food and non-food offerings. The company operates a significant store estate across over 600 sites in the UK, with its core focus being the operation of edge-of-town superstores with an average surface area of over 4,000 square metres. The food and non-food offer are focused on everyday affordable pricing, targeting a broad customer demographic. Asda was founded in 1949 and is based in Leeds, United Kingdom.	Buy	£6.7B

DATE

TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

1999-06-14

Asda

Leeds, United Kingdom

Asda is a grocery retailer with an omni-channel, multi format food and non-food offerings. The company operates a significant store estate across over 600 sites in the UK, with its core focus being the operation of edge-of-town superstores with an average surface area of over 4,000 square metres. The food and non-food offer are focused on everyday affordable pricing, targeting a broad customer demographic. Asda was founded in 1949 and is based in Leeds, United Kingdom.

Buy

£6.7B

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