Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 18 April 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Groceries Sector: Discussion (Resumed)
10:40 am
Mr. Donald Mackay:
Yes, we believe it is a competitive marketplace and that belief is based on how we interact with our suppliers. We get competitive tenders from our own-label suppliers, which seems to indicate that there is no cartel operating and that people are actively competing against each other. We are able to actively tender in the marketplace. We are not heavily involved in branded products so it is difficult for us to comment on the branded environment. However, the own-label segment of the market is competitive.
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