Supermarkets: Profits
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the level of profits earned by (a) supermarkets and (b) food multinationals in the last five years.
Answered by Daniel Zeichner
It is not for the Government to set retail food prices nor to comment on day-to-day commercial decisions taken by businesses.
We continue to monitor all key agricultural commodities. The UK Agriculture Market Monitoring Group monitors UK agricultural markets including price, supply, inputs, trade, and recent developments.
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