2013年11月12日星期二
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Competition inquiry could force a giant supermarket land sale An"Emerging
thinking"Report today will give suite
the first indications of whether the commission will attempt to break the power
of the"Big four"Supermarkets by outlawing"Bully boy"Tactics and promoting fairer
pricing. "It is an absolute certainty that the report will discuss land
ownership and the relationship between supermarkets and their suppliers,"Said
jonathan pritchard, a retail analyst at oriel securities. The"Big four"Tesco,
sainsbury's, asda and morrisons are believed to have spent tens of millions of
pounds on lawyers and consultants to fight accusations that their dominance is
hurting consumers. Tesco has even set up a special website to try and refute
some of the claims made by christian
louboutin outlet uk suppliers, mps and members of the public in written
responses to the competition commission inquiry. Tesco is the focus of concerns
about supermarket power, because it takes in every spent in the high
street.Critics say it has gained an effective monopoly in a number of
communities, and it is opening small convenience outlets at the rate of two a
week. The investigation is also looking at the expansion of asda, sainsbury's
and morrisons.If it believes that there is a problem, the commission has the
power to impose planning restrictions on all four supermarkets, and could force
them to sell land they have earmarked for new stores.It could also outlaw the
practice of"Price flexing", where supermarkets sell staple items such as bread,
baked beans and bananas at below costprice in certain areas of the country, in
order to entice customers away from rivals. In submissions to the competition
commission, an independent body, some food suppliers and farmers said they were
afraid of the supermarkets, who christian louboutin slingback use
their power to drive prices down to unsustainable levels.The national farmers
union complained of a"Climate of fear and oppression"For some suppliers, and of
an abuse of power by supermarkets. Mark tinsley, a farmer who supplies major
supermarkets, said vegetable packers and processors will not pay extra for
british produce in times of shortage because they are afraid of the
supermarkets, resulting in supermarkets paying half the price of imported
products for uk vegetables. Consumer groups have also complained about the
supermarket practice of holding banks of land for development, supposedly to
prevent rival supermarkets from building near their existing stores.Tesco denies
that it is sitting on a vast land bank. The"Emerging thinking" report will
outline Theprogress that has been made christian louboutin online by
Thecommission. Thenext stage is a provisional findings report that is due in
June. Tesco, britain's biggest retailer, is planning to build more than 2.000
homes in the next three years.The supermarket is waiting for the green light for
its biggest project yet, in woolwich, southeast london.This could include 960
homes as well as a large tesco store.Plans include 698 luxury apartments,
ranging from one to threebedroom penthouses.The rest will be lowcost
housing.Tesco has said that building homes helps to make new store developments
commercially viable, particularly in poorer areas.
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