Groceries ban on below-cost sales to be scrapped

THE controversial ban on below-cost selling is set to go within weeks after its abolition was recommended in a confidential report to be presented to the Government.

Weekend reports suggested the Groceries Order, which aimed to protect small grocers by preventing aggressive price discounting by larger retailers, would be scrapped.

An internal review group within the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment is nearing the end of its work and will present the report to enterprise minister Micheál Martin shortly.