Overview
- The authority will examine how supermarket purchasing power, including use of cooperatives, centrals and supercentrals, shapes pricing along the agri-food chain.
- Investigators will assess supplier payments for sales services such as shelf placement, promotions and product launches, known as trade spending.
- The growing role of private-label goods will be scrutinized for its effects on supplier remuneration and final consumer prices.
- The Antitrust highlights a significant bargaining imbalance for farmers relative to large retailers in the supply chain.
- Consumer group Codacons, which filed complaints that helped prompt the review, estimates the food price surge added about €1,404 per household annually versus 2021.