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‘Big four’ say they’re ‘shielding customers from full impact of rising costs’

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Supermarket executives denied making excess profits from soaring food and fuel prices when quizzed by MPs on the Business and Trade Committee on Tuesday. The competition watchdog is attempting to find out why food prices were still rising, despite some wholesale costs falling and whether not enough competition has meant customers are overpaying. The representatives …

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