CMA raises spectre of grocery price intervention ahead of food summit

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The competition watchdog has announced an investigation into possible weakening of competition in grocery pricing, ahead of a meeting with retailers, suppliers and government.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said while it had not seen evidence pointing to specific competition concerns in the grocery sector ā€œat this stageā€, it would be undertaking an investigation as it was ā€œimportant to be sure that weak competition is not adding to the problemsā€.

 

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