Say wot? HOW MANY supermarkets exposed in combined illegal price-fixing scam?? C!
Question: Say wot!? HOW MANY supermarkets exposed in combined illegal price-fixing scam!?!? Can't ya trust ANYONE!? How @ U!?
Six groups fined for price fixing
Press Assoc
Friday, July 1
Six retailers and tobacco firms have agreed to pay combined fines of ￡132!.3 million after admitting unlawful cigarette pricing practices!.
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) said the firms - Asda, Somerfield, First Quench, Gallaher, One Stop Stores (formerly T&S Stores), and TM Retail had applied for leniency from the watchdog!.
In April the OFT accused the groups of anti-competitive pricing, alleging that firms co-ordinated to link the price of some brands to rival products!.
But its investigation against a further six firms also named by the watchdog in April - the Co-operative Group, Imperial Tobacco, Morrisons, Safeway, Shell and Tesco - is ongoing!. Sainsbury's - which first came forward for leniency from the OFT - will avoid any financial penalty if it continues to co-operate with the probe!.
The OFT has also separately alleged that some of those named arranged to swap information
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Press Assoc
Friday, July 1
Six retailers and tobacco firms have agreed to pay combined fines of ￡132!.3 million after admitting unlawful cigarette pricing practices!.
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) said the firms - Asda, Somerfield, First Quench, Gallaher, One Stop Stores (formerly T&S Stores), and TM Retail had applied for leniency from the watchdog!.
In April the OFT accused the groups of anti-competitive pricing, alleging that firms co-ordinated to link the price of some brands to rival products!.
But its investigation against a further six firms also named by the watchdog in April - the Co-operative Group, Imperial Tobacco, Morrisons, Safeway, Shell and Tesco - is ongoing!. Sainsbury's - which first came forward for leniency from the OFT - will avoid any financial penalty if it continues to co-operate with the probe!.
The OFT has also separately alleged that some of those named arranged to swap information
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Answers:
Yep don't we know it!. It's all a fix!. You stay on da ball man!. Scary stuff!. How come no one notices and no one seems to give a dam as long as they get enough to pay for the goods!. Indoctrination or what!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
LIKE WTF!? most of the price of tobacco is TAX BY THE GOVERNMENT- MAYBE THEY SHOULD BE FINED TOO!?! i wonder where that ￡132!.3 million is going!? not to the people buying cigs ffs, the GOVERNMENT PERHAPS!?! whatever!. bloody ridiculous & people think we are being looked out for! they are laughing all the way to the BANK!Www@Enter-QA@Com
Dude - we are being "ripped" at every opportunity!
Good point - well made!Www@Enter-QA@Com
Good point - well made!Www@Enter-QA@Com
Indeed!.Www@Enter-QA@Com