Watchdog should look at Tesco/Booker deal' - Morrisons boss

28 January 2015 .......     Morrisons new chairman Andy Higginson. TJ100691h Picture Tony Johnson28 January 2015 .......     Morrisons new chairman Andy Higginson. TJ100691h Picture Tony Johnson
28 January 2015 ....... Morrisons new chairman Andy Higginson. TJ100691h Picture Tony Johnson
Supermarket giant Tesco's £3.9bn deal to buy food supplier Booker should be looked at by the competition watchdog, the chairman of Morrisons has claimed.

Andy Higginson, a former finance director at Tesco, said that the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will wish to scrutinise the deal.

In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph, Mr Higginson said: “I think the CMA will want to look at this in a lot of detail to really understand how it is going to change the market and lead to [Tesco] controlling around 25 per cent of the supply of food into the market.”

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