OFT in £100k Morrisons payout
From the Beeb:
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is giving supermarket chain Morrisons £100,000 to settle a defamation case. In 2007, the OFT named the firm among those subject to an OFT provisional finding suggesting it broke rules over milk, cheese and butter for two years.
The body also suggested it had already warned the grocer in connection with anti-competitive behaviour. But the claims were not true. The OFT said it wished to "sincerely apologise" for these "serious errors".
The only allegation regarding Morrisons was related to liquid milk products - not butter or cheese - and dated back to 2002 alone, rather than 2002 to 2003, said the OFT.
In addition, the body said it "accepts that Morrisons had not received a warning from the OFT".
"Would anyone like to give me £100k on the strength of getting your years mixed up & a letter going astray in the post?" said Mr Hugh Jarse, 7 The Cuttings, East Cheam.
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is giving supermarket chain Morrisons £100,000 to settle a defamation case. In 2007, the OFT named the firm among those subject to an OFT provisional finding suggesting it broke rules over milk, cheese and butter for two years.
The body also suggested it had already warned the grocer in connection with anti-competitive behaviour. But the claims were not true. The OFT said it wished to "sincerely apologise" for these "serious errors".
The only allegation regarding Morrisons was related to liquid milk products - not butter or cheese - and dated back to 2002 alone, rather than 2002 to 2003, said the OFT.
In addition, the body said it "accepts that Morrisons had not received a warning from the OFT".
"Would anyone like to give me £100k on the strength of getting your years mixed up & a letter going astray in the post?" said Mr Hugh Jarse, 7 The Cuttings, East Cheam.