date:Dec 12, 2013
make a decision in the matter, our investigation had caused us to consider the competition effects arising from the fuel saving offers, Mr Sims said. We had focussed on the offers by the major supermarket chains of fuel discounts of 8 cents per litre, which were made for sustained periods during 2012 and 2013, and we were concerned that those offers could have longer-term effects on the structure of the retail fuel markets and also short term effect of increasing general pump prices in those ma