Archive of all Competition and Markets Authority articles – Page 5
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News
Supermarkets called to make or break talks in fuel ‘rip-off’ row
Earlier this month the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) announced plans for a fuel finder scheme
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Analysis & Features
Are supermarkets really profiteering on fuel? This is the data
The public seems unimpressed by supermarkets’ selling fuel at a higher margin – but they are keen to disprove allegations of ‘greedflation’
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Analysis & Features
What will the CMA’s ‘fuel finder’ mean for independent forecourts?
The new scheme is expected to make prices more competitive
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News
Waitrose to restrict promotion lengths amid CMA scrutiny into deals
The way retailers promote and price products are under renewed scrutiny during the cost of living crisis
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Comment & Opinion
Scrapping COP26 environmental pledges saves billions but at what cost?
Mandatory food waste reporting has been dumped, with DRS and extended producer responsibility hanging in the balance
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Comment & Opinion
The three big questions raised by CMA fuel finder price comparison proposals
A landmark day for motorists as it promises transparency but questions remain
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News
CMA petrol probe: Asda fined but others escape action despite inflating fuel prices
There were no fines and there will be no further action against Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons, who were also found to have not lowered prices
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Comment & Opinion
What if price-matching schemes were anti-competitive?
The question now, with the CMA’s report out next week, is whether supermarkets will be prepared to lower margins
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News
Aldi price match schemes under scrutiny as CMA report on ‘profiteering’ looms
Yesterday supermarket bosses strongly defended claims they were inflating profit margins on the back of the cost of living crisis
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Comment & Opinion
Supermarket bosses’ food price grilling by MPs foreshadows more woes
Retailers will be much more concerned about next week’s CMA probe
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Comment & Opinion
Land agreements are just one way supermarkets can stop rivals
Sainsbury’s and Asda were found in breach of land agreement competition rules. But how else can supermarkets slow their rivals?
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News
Sainsbury’s and Asda to review anti-competition land deals
The Competition & Markets Authority found 18 rule breaches by Sainsbury’s and 14 by Asda
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News
Media Bites 9 June: Tesco, EG Group, Amazon
The consumer group Which? has reported Tesco to the UK’s competition watchdog over its failure to provide detailed pricing information on its loyalty card offers
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News
Iceland’s Richard Walker latest supermarket boss to criticise food price cap proposals
’Price caps don’t work,’ the supermarket’s executive chairman told BBC Breakfast
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Analysis & Features
Asda’s EG Group acquisition: everything you need to know
Asda has acquired EG Group’s UK & Ireland operations, and sees a ‘huge runway’ for growth to become the UK’s second-largest grocer again
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News
Media Bites 1 June: Iceland, price cap, inflation, petrol prices, B&M, WH Smith
There’s plenty of variety in this morning’s papers when it comes to fmcg stories.
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News
Government declared ‘not fit for purpose’ over price cap plan
Supermarket and supplier bosses are understood to be fuming over the plans, which were leaked to the Daily Telegraph at the weekend
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News
Sainsbury’s relaunches value own-label range as Stamford Street
The supermarket’s existing value ranges will be converted under the new range.
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Comment & Opinion
Now the Adjudicator has been rescued, it’s time to turn up the scrutiny on retailers
The agriculture sector has been asking for the code to include non-direct suppliers – in other words, farmers – for years
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Analysis & Features
Asda the obvious suspect in road fuel competition enquiry – but not so fast
It’s still consistently cheaper than supermarket rivals on unleaded and diesel