Correspondence

Open letter to Asda about land agreements restricting competition

The CMA publishes letter to Asda concerning 14 breaches of the Groceries Market Investigation (Controlled Land) Order 2010.

From:
Competition and Markets Authority
Published
13 June 2023

Documents

Open letter to Asda

PDF, 109 KB, 1 page

Details

At the Competition and Market Authority (CMA)’s request, Asda has reviewed all its land agreements. The CMA has found that 14 of these agreements were not compliant with the Groceries Market Investigation (Controlled Land) Order 2010.

Asda has taken steps to correct these breaches and the CMA has published a letter sent to Asda following its investigation of these breaches.

These breaches concern land agreements relating to 14 Asda stores in:

  • Dyce Shopping Centre, Aberdeen (on five separate occasions)
  • Stenhousemuir (on five separate occasions)
  • Inverness, Highlands
  • Falkirk
  • Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Bruton Way, Gloucester

For more information, visit Groceries Market Investigation (Controlled Land) Order 2010.

Published 13 June 2023

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