Supermarket key figures to be questioned on rising food and fuel prices by Business and Trade committee

• Food and fuel price inflation: will prices come down this year? (one-off session)

Tuesday 27 June 2023, 10.10am, Committee Room 8

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Senior figures from four of the biggest supermarkets will be quizzed by MPs on the cross-party Business and Trade Committee on food and fuel price inflation and whether we will soon see price falls.

On Wednesday, the Office for National Statistics published the latest inflation figures that also showed food and non-alcoholic food price rises easing slightly but remaining at a stubbornly high 18.4%.

The Committee will also take evidence from the Groceries Code Adjudicator on its recent performance and its future plans for ensuring that retailers treat their direct suppliers lawfully and fairly.

Sir Robert Goodwill and Ian Byrne, members of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, are also expected to be taking part in the session.

Witnesses  

From 10.10am:  

Rhian Bartlett, Food Commercial Director, Sainsbury’s;

David Potts, Chief Executive Officer, Morrisons;

Gordon Gafa, Commercial Director, Tesco;

Kris Comerford, Chief Commercial Officer, Asda;

From 11.15 (approx.)

Mark White, Groceries Code Adjudicator.