KKR and Walmart have agreed to sell Seiyu for about $2.5 billion, ending foreign ownership of one of Japan’s most well-known supermarket operators. The U.S. investment company plans to sell its 85% stake in Seiyu,

Japan's Trial Holdings said on Wednesday it would spend 382.6 billion yen ($2.55 billion) to acquire the Seiyu supermarket chain controlled by U.S. private equity fund KKR. Trial said in a release it would use existing cash and newly arranged bank borrowings to purchase Seiyu and make it a wholly owned subsidiary.

Billionaire Hisao Nagata’s Trial Holdings said the acquisition of Seiyu Co. would expand his company’s sales to more than ¥1.2 trillion.