Archive of all Competition and Markets Authority articles – Page 14
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy does EG Group want to buy Asda and what will it do with it?
The deal with TDR Capital and the Issa brothers would put raw entrepreneurship and ambition in the driving seat at Asda
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Comment & OpinionAsda EG Group combo will reverberate through the grocery sector
With combined sales of £40bn, it will be the UK’s second-biggest retailer (by sales)
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Analysis & FeaturesHow discounter B&M broke into the FTSE 100
B&M was loss-making and relatively little known when Simon and Bobby Arora bought it in 2004. How have the brothers transformed it?
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NewsMedia Bites 20 August: Marstons/Carlsberg UK, Morrisons/Amazon, Diageo
The Competition and Markets Authority has begun an investigation into the proposed joint venture between brewers Marston’s and Carlsberg UK
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NewsCMA launches investigation into £780m Marston’s and Carlsberg deal
The UK competition regulator has launched a probe into the £780m merger of Marston’s and Carlsberg’s UK brewing operations.
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Analysis & FeaturesAmazon free grocery delivery: should UK grocers be worried?
Amazon has made free, fast grocery delivery a standard perk of Prime membership in the UK. How big is the threat to UK grocery retailers?
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NewsSamworth Brothers picks up Urban Eat sandwich brand from collapsed Adelie
The brand was sold to Samworth for £6.4m, following Adelie appointing Deloitte as administrator on 26 May
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NewsCMA clears Amazon’s 16% investment in Deliveroo
The long-running decision saga has seen the authority flip-flop between allowing the deal to proceed and halting it
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy aren’t Amazon and Deliveroo happy with the CMA verdict?
Objections raised by the two – despite the CMA’s provisional approval of their merger – reveal clues about their ambitions
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NewsMedia Bites 16 July: Dobbies Garden/Sainsbury’s, Amazon/Deliveroo, VAT cuts
Dobbies Garden Centres inks a deal to stock Sainsbury’s food, rival delivery firms warn against Amazon tie-up with Deliveroo and some high street food chains vow to pass on VAT cuts to customers through lower prices
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NewsCAMRA calls for competition watchdog to investigate Carlsberg-Marston’s deal
The group believes the merger will reduce the availability of beer to pub-goers
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NewsCMA drops convenience stores from pandemic price gouging investigation
A pharmacy is now at the centre of the CMA’s only remaining investigation into excessive pricing during the pandemic
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Comment & OpinionThe answer to Allied’s troubles is surely to acquire Hovis
Despite hefty investment, Hovis is still taking lumps out of the Allied Bakeries business
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NewsCMA warn retailers against price gouging as report reveals 400% hand sanitiser hikes
The report revealed hand sanitiser prices were inflated by a median reported average of 400%
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NewsAmazon-Deliveroo deal provisionally cleared by CMA, again
The CMA first provisionally cleared the deal in April after being told the food courier company could go bust without it
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NewsMedia Bites 24 June: Rent payments, Grocery sales, Amazon/Deliveroo
Landlords are bracing to receive around 20% of the quarterly rents they are owed, convenience stores win lockdown sales and the CMA is set to clear Amazon’s acquisition of Deliveroo
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NewsMedia Bites 22 June: rent payments, retail sales, social distancing
Landlords are bracing to receive just 10% of quarterly rent payments due this Wednesday, retail sales recover in May but are still down on pre-Covide levels and Boris Johnson set to reduce two metre social distancing rule this week
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NewsRetailers urged to stamp out price gouging during pandemic
An industry roundtable has warned of increased profiteering during the coronavirus crisis
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Analysis & FeaturesThe Power List 2020: online shopping
Demand for online grocery shopping has soared under lockdown. Our power list looks at who’s managed growth best, and the challenges they now face, from retention to profitability
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NewsAdelie Foods rescue deal scuppered by competition concerns
The Grocer understands listed food-to-go giant Greencore had agreed a deal to take on Adelie as a going concern