Coles Group Limited (ASX:COL) is expected to line up in the contest to buy the Superior Food Services business, soon to be placed up for sale by its private equity owners. Owner Quadrant Private Equity Pty Limited has hired Stanton Road Partners to sell the operation and earlier on in the year, the advisory firm had been sounding out buyers for the company, thought to be worth several hundred million dollars. This was before the onset of COVID-19, but a sales process that was set to start was placed on hold due to the global pandemic. However, it is understood that the sales process is now set to start. Quadrant merged Melbourne-based Superior Food Services and Sydney-based NFD Food Services in 2015, creating a larger national group to service customers across the hospitality, aged-care and health sectors. Coles Group declined to comment.