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Supermarkets: Prices

Commons · Question 58103 · Tabled 6 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 16 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he is taking steps to prevent consumers who do not opt in to supermarket loyalty schemes from being charged higher prices.

Answer

Answered by Justin Madders, 16 Jun 2025

In 2024, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) undertook a review into loyalty pricing in the groceries sector, publishing their findings in November 2024. The CMA found that shoppers who are members of a loyalty scheme can almost always make a genu...