Archive of all Competition and Markets Authority articles – Page 27
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InterviewsGiles Hurley big interview: relishing Aldi's disruptor status
New Aldi UK & Ireland CEO Giles Hurley has watched with “interest” and “fascination” as the tectonic plates of British grocery have shifted
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NewsPepsiCo agrees to buy SodaStream in $3.2bn deal
Pepsico has agreed to buy home soft-drink-making business SodaStream International in a $3.2bn deal, Sainsbury and Asda could have to dispose stores in as many as 300 locations and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsRisk of petrol price hike, warn MP and Fair Fuel UK
MP for Robert Halfon and the Fair Fuel UK campaign have called for an independent fuel price watchdog
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Analysis & FeaturesToday's and Landmark merge as Unitas Wholesale: What we know and what it means
As the two buying groups bury their former rivalry, can Today’s-Landmark merger secure the future for their members?
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NewsTesco-Carrefour alliance to be operational by October
Tesco’s strategic alliance with French hypermarket Carrefour will be operational by October.
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Analysis & FeaturesJesús Lorente no miracle worker for Asda
Lorente’s Asda departure reveals Roger Burnley’s decisive side
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Analysis & FeaturesAs Blakemore shutters c&cs what next for Landmark?
Landmark Wholesale MD John Mills tells The Grocer what Blakemore’s c&c closure means for the business
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NewsCMA 'will not probe' proposed Tesco-Carrefour deal
Competition authorities in France have confirmed they will investigate the alliance
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NewsCMA approves Arla Foods’ takeover of Yeo Valley Dairies
Arla UK MD Ash Amirahmadi hails ‘significant news for our business, the industry and our farmer owners’
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NewsMRH boss Karen Dickens to step down following MFG takeover
CFO Steve Back will leave after a three to six month transition period
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NewsCity snapshot: Co-op's audacious £15m bid for Costcutter rebuffed
The Co-op Group has made an audacious bid to buy convenience retailer Costcutter for around £15m, according to weekend reports. Plus, two more of Premier Foods’ largest shareholders back a campaign to oust CEO Gavin Darby, a look at the financial calendar this week and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsSainsbury's shares boosted as Asda merger gets a step closer
Sainsbury’s (SBRY) reaffirmed itself as the slowest growing of the major UK grocers on Wednesday, but it’s the City shrugged off its stagnant sales to focus on news its mega-merger with Asda is a step closer.
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Analysis & FeaturesAs retailers improve should Adjudicator go harder or go home?
Christine Tacon wants to police more retailers
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NewsHolland & Barrett accused of ‘tarnishing’ Groceries Code
In an interview with BBC Radio 4, Holland & Barrett CEO Peter Aldis claimed the idea of strained relations with its suppliers was “old hat”
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NewsThe Co-op rolls out 800 own label lines into Nisa
Forty-nine Co-op-branded products across ambient and chilled were introduced in Nisa stores on Monday
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NewsAdjudicator hits out at use of 'costly' arbitration process
While Amazon in cross hairs as CMA confirms adjudicator’s remit will be extended
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Comment & OpinionExtended Adjudicator remit confirmation will soothe Burnley and Coupe’s aches
The CMA will next month announce its long-awaited list of new retailers to be added to the remit of Groceries Code Adjudicator Christine Tacon
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NewsMedia Bites 21 June: Sainsbury's/Asda, Ocado, Poundworld
“MPs pour scorn on Sainsbury-Asda merger” is the headline in The Times (£) after The bosses of J Sainsbury and Asda were accused of lying to MPs.
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Comment & OpinionCoupe and Burnley take a battering – but will the CMA take notice?
The pair suffered the mother of all grillings at the hands of MPs today, but it remains to be seen what impact the hearing will have on the deal’s competition clearance
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NewsMedia Bites 19 June: Sainsbury's/Asda, Ocado, Deliveroo
The proposed £7.3bn merger of supermarkets Asda and J Sainsbury could endanger competition, encourage price co-ordination and result in suppliers charging higher prices to smaller retailers.