The Office for Fair Trading has fined 12 cigarette manufacturers and retailers a total of £225m for fixing prices.
The group includes manufacturers Imperial Tobacco and Gallaher and retailers Asda, the Co-operative, Somerfield and Shell. The offences relate to deals between the manufacturers and retailers between 2001 and 2003 that were made to ensure products were priced relatively to rival brands. Imperial Tobacco – brands of which include Golden Virginia rolling tobacco and Embassy…
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