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Lobby MPs to make supermarkets put brakes on.
(From Off Licence News)
I agree with the theme of the letter from John Hesketh (OLN, Oct 19) that there isn' a level playing field between what supermarkets sell and what is distributed to the off-licence/convenience/independent sector.
I would go further than saying it is an "unfair playing field" and state that it is anti-competitive practices that support the cartel position of the Big Four. The 18/20x44cl packs, the boxes of bottles, the 50cl spirits/liqueurs, the different packaging of products sold through supermarket channels seem absurd. Why aren' these same products distributed through the whole free market? When will the Federation of Small Businesses and other such organisations pester MPs into doing something about this? Also, the supermarket practice of ...
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