Task: Text Simplification
Input (English): coles supermarkets is an australian supermarket chain owned by wesfarmers -lrb- formerly coles group before its acquisition on 23 november 2007 -rrb-.
Output (English): coles supermarkets is an australian supermarket chain owned by wesfarmers -lrb- formerly coles group before was bought on 23 november 2007 -rrb-.