Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 50696

Supermarkets: Food

Tabled: 7 May 2025
Answered: 13 May 2025
Named Day

Question

Adam Dance

Liberal DemocratYeovil

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with large supermarkets on the potential impact of (a) food pricing and (b) supermarkets' buying practices on food producers.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
Defra regularly engages with supermarkets and producers about a range of measures they can take to ensure the availability of affordable food.  These measures include maintaining value ranges, price matching and price freezing.  However, it is for each in...

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