Sentence 1: In 2015 , the Middleton branch of Quality Save was founded , and a superstore in the former Tesco unit next door was closed .
Sentence 2: In 2015 , the Middleton subsidiary of Quality Save was closed and a superstore was launched in the Ex - Tesco - unit next door .

Do these two sentences convey the same information?

pick from the following.
a). no.
b). yes.
a).