Big supermarket groups ‘not competing’

CONSUMER watchdogs yesterday accused some of the big supermarkets of failing to compete for custom.

Big supermarket groups ‘not competing’
Thu, 26 Jul, 2007 - 01:00
Paul Kelly, Consumer Correspondent

A survey showed their prices were almost identical for 45 of the country’s most popular groceries.

The National Consumer Agency compared prices in Dunnes Stores, Tesco and Superquinn. It found the overall cost of a basket of staple goods varied by a mere €2.20 or 1.62%.

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