Archive of all Competition and Markets Authority articles – Page 32
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Comment & Opinion
2018 just got tougher
It’s no huge surprise to see that the Tesco-Booker deal has gone through
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News
Sugro MD Philip Jenkins resigns to set up consultancy
Jenkins will not be replaced and will continue to provide strategic advisory services
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Analysis & Features
Shares hold steady in a 2017 dominated by M&A activity
The economic and political fallout from Brexit and a Trump White House reverberated throughout last year
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Comment & Opinion
It's all change in the reset era
Retailers would be crazy to ignore regionality and quirks in taste
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News
Media Bites 4 January: Poundland, Co-op, Refresco/Cott, Tesco
A new £180m loan agreement for Poundland as it distances itself from embattled South African parent company Steinhoff generates plenty of coverage today. As does a strong Christmas for Co-op and the CMA’s investigation of the Refresco takeover of Cott.
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News
Refresco pledges to remedy CMA concerns over Cott deal
The sticking point is both companies’ supply of juice drinks using a special aseptic production process
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Analysis & Features
15 food and grocery stories you may have missed over the festive period
From Tesco turkeys to Fudge bar scandals and the New Year’s Honours, here is our roundup of key food and grocery stories you may have missed since Christmas.
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Analysis & Features
Seismic deals, almighty spats and triumphant change: review of the year 2017
Whether it’s the ongoing fallout over Brexit, or shock brand culls in the mults – it’s been a year packed with events of epic proportions…
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Comment & Opinion
A bleak Christmas for opponents of the rubberstamped Tesco-Booker deal
For bitter opponents, reading the CMA’s verdict must feel like an untimely dose of the norovirus
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News
Media Bites 21 December: Nomad/Goodfellas, Tesco/Booker, General Mills
Nomad Foods is in talks to acquire the UK’s Goodfella’s Pizza for about £200m in a deal, according to this morning’s papers.
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News
City snapshot: Consumer confidence continues decline ahead of Christmas
Consumer confidence continued to slide in December as the long-running GfK index marked almost two years of declining sentiment for shoppers. Plus, a review of 2017 food and drink M&A
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News
City snapshot: Tesco and Booker set to complete £3.7bn merger after formal clearance by CMA
Tesco and Booker have been formally given the go ahead this morning by the competition authority to complete their £3.7bn merger. Plus, Supermarket Income REIT acquires Tesco Extra supermarket in the North Lanarkshire from Legal and General for £50m
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News
Tulip takeover of Easey Holdings wins CMA approval
Deal to buy Easey represented a major investment in British farming, said Tulip
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Comment & Opinion
The Grocer’s 15 most-read opinion articles of 2017
From Tesco-Booker to Amazon, Scottish salmon to food audits, here are 15 of our most-read opinion pieces from the past 12 months
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News
Henderson Group-McColl's deal to face competition probe
The stores are already trading as Spar and being supplied by Hendersons
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News
Faccenda Foods and Cargill tie-up approved by CMA
Faccenda expects the joint venture to be operating by the end of January
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Comment & Opinion
The CMA is to blame for P&H's demise
The CMA’s handling of the Tesco-Booker inquiry – and its impact on P&H – shows it doesn’t know what it’s doing
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News
Nisa joins coalition of wholesalers supplying Costcutter
Nisa has also picked up temporary McColl’s deal in the wake of the P&H collapse
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Comment & Opinion
Who killed Palmer & Harvey?
From the 2008 MBO, Palmer & Harvey still chose to pay out £70m in interest payments to preferential shareholders. Why?