Inspection at European big supermarket chains

A European Parliament petition on investigating and remedying the abuse of power by large supermarkets operating in the EU has received signatures from 60% of all MEPs.

 The increasingly dominant position of a
small number of large supermarket chains throughout Europe has
shifted the balance firmly against producers. According to sector
informations at several chains the employees said there are
restriction of human rights.

In 2007, the Office of Fair Trading
found that a number of UK supermarkets were colluding to operate a
dairy cartel, which was obviously detrimental to both producers and
consumers.