Quote Originally Posted by lisvaneblue View Post
I would hope the lawyers in supermarkets would be on to this but Im sure they will adopt a softly softly approach. If you want to know a bit more about competition law suggest you have a look at the provisions in articles 81/82 of EU treaty and UK Competition Act. To me Mark Drakeford's attempts to restrict product sales in essential shops in order to be fair, level up, create a level playing field with those shops that have been instructed to close is a commercial decision enacted by a dominant entity that can impact on the competitiveness of essential shops in Wales.
You say 'Competitiveness' for that to happen there has to be a degree of fairness, an opportunity to perform, so to speak. The shops competing over the goods sold by the supermarkets have closed, therefore it isn't competitive. Surely it becomes a little more competitive if the Supermarkets aren't allowed to sell non essential goods?