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Grocery market competition urged

The UK's competition watchdog has unveiled a planning shake-up in a bid to boost competition in the £95 billion grocery market.

The culmination of the Competition Commission's two-year probe into the sector will see a new 'competition test' in planning decisions on larger stores as well as action to prevent land agreements restricting competitors from entering the market.

The UK's four biggest supermarkets - Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons - all came under scrutiny in the investigation.

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