iStock The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has taken action to protect supermarket shoppers by securing agreements from Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited (Morrisons) and Marks and Spencer plc (M&S) to stop using unlawful anti-competitive land agreements. These unlawful agreements include restrictions on land being used by a rival supermarket, or restrictions lasting five years or

Documents Letter to M&S PDF , 109 KB, 1 page Details At the CMA’s request, M&S has reviewed all of its land agreements. The CMA has found that 10 of these agreements were not compliant with the Groceries Market Investigation (Controlled Land) Order 2010. M&S has taken, and continues to take, steps to correct these

Documents CMA letter to Morrisons PDF , 111 KB, 2 pages List of impacted locations PDF , 110 KB, 2 pages Details At the CMA’s request, Morrisons has reviewed all of its land agreements. The CMA has found that 55 of these agreements were not compliant with the Groceries Market Investigation (Controlled Land) Order 2010.

Today’s unanimous judgment overturns the Competition Appeal Tribunal’s (CAT) previous decision in March 2023 which upheld an appeal by Apple and suspended the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) investigation pending the Court of Appeal’s judgment. However, the CMA’s market investigation remains on hold pending the determination of any application for permission to appeal to the