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CMA calls on grocery stores to make accurate pricing a priority

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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has reviewed the way a range of grocery retailers displayed their prices in-store to assess whether they were clear, accurate and matched the price people were charged at the till. The review looked at the price marking practices of…

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