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current item indicator  Provisional findings report

Groceries market investigation

Provisional findings report

Published: 31.10.07

Provisional findings report

Appendices

Appendix 1.1: Terms of reference

Appendix 1.2: Documents published on the CC website

Appendix 2.1: Interests of customers in market investigations

Appendix 3.1: Overview of grocery retailers

Appendix 3.2: Derivation of drive-times and fascia count methodology

Appendix 4.1: Findings on product and geographic market in previous CC inquiries

Appendix 4.2: Demand estimation from TNS consumer choice data

Appendix 4.3: Entry analysis

Appendix 4.4: National and local competitive initiatives

Appendix 4.5: Analysis of Tesco SSNIP simulation model

Appendix 4.6: The impact of local competition on grocery store profit margin

Appendix 5.1: Local concentration and individual indicators of the store-level retail offer

Appendix 5.2: Local areas of concentration and their persistence

Appendix 5.3: Trends in the entry and exit of small stores

Appendix 5.4: The waterbed effect

Appendix 5.5: Grocery wholesaler profitability

Appendix 5.6: Below-cost selling

Appendix 6.1: The planning framework for grocery retailing

Appendix 6.2: Controlled land

Appendix 7.1: Category management

Appendix 8.1: Supplier pricing analysis

Appendix 8.2: Supplier profitability and investment in innovation

Appendix 8.3: Milk supply chain profitability

Appendix 8.4: Red meat supply chain profitability

Appendix 8.5: Pig meat supply chain profitability

Appendix 8.6: Fruit supply chain profitability

Appendix 8.7: Undertakings and the supermarkets code of practice

Appendix 8.8: Supplier complaints on business practices of grocery retailers

Appendix 8.9: Case study of retailer and supplier correspondence

Appendix 8.10: Supply chain practices of grocery retailers

Appendix 8.11: Retailer own-label goods

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