The CMA means business – and grocers are in its sights

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Drip pricing, fake reviews and a £4.2m fine: the CMA’s first year is a warning for all grocers, says Duncan Reed, partner in Birketts’ regulatory and corporate defence team 

It’s been just over a year since the Competition & Markets Authority gained its new consumer enforcement powers. That means now is a good time to take stock of what the first 12 months of activity tells us – and what grocers should be doing about it.  

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