Stores should make pricing for each unit clearer, says Competition and Markets Authority
Buying bigger packs of products including toilet roll, cheese, laundry detergent pods or discounted ketchup may not always mean shoppers get a better deal, according to a competition watchdog probe into grocery prices.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it had examined a basket of 26 items and found examples when shoppers had not got a better deal by relying on “rule of thumb” assumptions about what is best value in the first phase of an inquiry launched a year ago.
Continue reading…Stores should make pricing for each unit clearer, says Competition and Markets AuthorityBuying bigger packs of products including toilet roll, cheese, laundry detergent pods or discounted ketchup may not always mean shoppers get a better deal, according to a competition watchdog probe into grocery prices.The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it had examined a basket of 26 items and found examples when shoppers had not got a better deal by relying on “rule of thumb” assumptions about what is best value in the first phase of an inquiry launched a year ago. Continue reading…