"Competition issues in UK food retailing" presentation handout, Jul 1993

Booklet containing notes/slides from a presentation on how the UK food retailing marketing and Sainsbury's in particular is competitive. The presentation rejects the comments in newspaper articles which contrast UK food retailers high profit margins with those of European counterparts and suggest that UK retailers keep prices artificially high through abuse of monopoly power. It argues that this is a "simplistic and erroneous" argument and that UK and Sainsbury's food prices are competitive.

It includes information comparing the UK food market with other countries, information and statistics on customer choice in the UK, information on market share, information on the offer provided by Sainsbury's (includes statistics on the number of stores with particular facilities such as coffee shops), information on competiting on price, information on promotions and offers, information on suppliers, comparisons with other UK food retailers, and comparisons with European food retailing.

The audience for the presentation is not stated in the document, but it appears likely to be intended for an external audience including the media to counteract the press comments on UK food retail competitveness.