All Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) articles – Page 41
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City snapshot: Waitrose weekly sales fall 0.9%
Waitrose said sales fell 0.9% for the week ending 12 September
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CMA approves Booker’s acquisition of Londis and Budgens
Booker has received regulatory clearance from the UK’s Competition & Markets Authority for its acquisition of Musgrave Retail Partners GB, which runs the Londis and Budgens chains in Great Britain.
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City snapshot: Booker gets green light for Londis and Budgens takeover
The Competition & Markets Authority has cleared Booker Group’s acquisition of Londis and Budgens as Booker’s 10-week like-for-like non-tobacco sales rise 0.5%.
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Poundland's Jim McCarthy undeterred by CMA wait
Poundland’s ambition to pursue more deals has not been diminished by four months of in-depth scrutiny…
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Comment and Opinion
My Week… By Jim McCarthy (as told to Bill Tush)
If I had a quid for every time some clever-arse journalist asked what a six-pack of Boysenberry Pop-Tarts cost
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City snapshot: Crawshaw Group adds CFO and COO
Value butchery chain Crawshaw Group has filled its vacant chief financial officer role and appointed a new chief commercial officer as it moves forward with expansion plans.
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Poundland shares soar on approval of 99p Stores merger
Shares in Poundland have jumped 5.5% this morning as investors reacted positively to news that its £55m acquisition of rival 99p Stores can now go ahead.
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CMA clears Poundland/99p Stores deal: What the analysts say
Reaction to this morning’s CMA approval of Poundland’s long-expected acquisition of 99p Stores
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City snapshot: Poundland takeover of 99p Stores gets green light
Poundland’s £55m takeover of rival discounter 99p Stores has been provisionally cleared by the competition watchdog after facing in-depth scrutiny over the past few months.
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Dairy Crest/Unilever spreads synergy potential eyed by City
A green light for Müller’s proposed purchase of Dairy Crest’s liquid milk division could trigger fresh consolidation
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City snapshot: Nomad buys Findus’ European operations
Birds Eye owner Nomad Foods has agreed to buy the continental European business of Findus for £500m, plus half year updates from Nestlé and Coca-Cola HBC and all the rest of the news from the City.
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Reckitt Benckiser told to license K-Y Jelly to rival by deals watchdog
Durex owner Reckitt Benckiser is being forced to license the K-Y Jelly brand in the UK to a rival to ease competition concerns.
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Medina and Freshways vie for piece of Müller/Dairy Crest deal
Dairy processors Medina and Freshways have emerged as the front-runners to take up a ‘toll processing’ agreement with Müller as part of its proposed purchase of Dairy Crest’s liquid milk business.
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Which? vows to keep up pressure on supermarket pricing
Which? is looking to maintain the pressure on supermarkets in the wake of its super-complaint…
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Comment and Opinion
Aldi support for NFU fruit and veg pledge is sassy
Sir: Aldi’s support of the NFU’s fruit and veg pledge (18 July, p67) is to be applauded…
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Analysis and Features
CMA Which? pricing probe has no problem with shrinking packs
The Competition & Markets Authority confirmed it had no objections to the so-called “grocery shrink ray”
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Analysis and Features
It's promo business as usual as Which? is shown the door
The major retailers will have been relieved that the CMA did not find widespread evidence of misleading practices
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Carrefour and Casino trading updates reveal mixed bag
There were seemingly contrasting fortunes for two French supermarket giants this week
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Müller offers to process rival's milk to allay competition fears
Müller has offered to supply and process up to 100m litres of fresh milk a year for a third party at the Severnside dairy in Gloucestershire to facilitate its acquisition of Dairy Crest’s liquid milk business.
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Craft beer fears as range rationalisation looms for brewers
Beer is facing trouble on two fronts, with anti-booze campaigners and supermarket range rationalisation hitting…