A ban on suppliers pre-labelling meat products at the retail level has increased competition

In yesterday's Viðskiptablaðið, Thursday 24th May, an article by Steingrímur Ægisson, Director at the Competition Authority, was published. In it, he responds to comments made by Óðinn in Viðskiptablaðið on Wednesday 16th May. The article discusses the Competition Authority's priorities and addresses the issue of price marking.

Steingrímur responds to that article, and the column can be read below.

See the Competition Authority's information page on pre-emptive marking.

Although concerns have been raised about how it has been implemented, no one who has looked into the matter can claim that it would be better for consumers to revert to the previous situation. The Competition Authority points interested parties to the information on its website.

See more Article no. 4/2012.