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Case study: Household fuel cartel case study
The CMA fined two of the main suppliers of bagged household fuels £3.4 million for taking part in a market sharing cartel.
In 2018 CPL and Fuel Express, two of the main suppliers of bagged household fuels to large national supermarkets and petrol stations, were fined over £3.4million for breaking competition law by rigging competitive tenders to supply Tesco and Sainsbury’s. For each of the tenders concerned, they agreed that one of them would deliberately submit a higher bid that was designed to lose, so that the existing supplier could retain its customer.
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In 2018 CPL and Fuel Express, two of the main suppliers of bagged household fuels to large national supermarkets and petrol stations, were fined over £3.4million for breaking competition law by rigging competitive tenders to supply Tesco and Sainsbury’s. For each of the tenders concerned, they agreed that one of them would deliberately submit a higher bid that was designed to lose, so that the existing supplier could retain its customer.
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