{"id":81364,"date":"2017-05-30T11:01:13","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T11:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=707ed893e34102bbc3507ad1c1fc938c"},"modified":"2017-05-30T11:01:13","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T11:01:13","slug":"news-story-cma-opens-tescobooker-merger-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=81364","title":{"rendered":"News story: CMA opens Tesco\/Booker merger investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The first phase of the investigation runs until 25 July 2017. During this period, the Competition and Markets Authority (<abbr title=\"Competition and Markets Authority\">CMA<\/abbr>) will assess whether the deal could reduce competition and choice for shoppers and other customers, such as stores currently supplied by Booker.<\/p>\n<p>After this first phase, the merger will either be cleared or, if the <abbr title=\"Competition and Markets Authority\">CMA<\/abbr> identifies a potential reduction in competition, it will be referred for an in-depth investigation lasting up to 24 weeks &#8211; unless the merging parties can offer proposals following the first phase of the investigation which address any concerns identified.<\/p>\n<p>Having ensured it has all the necessary information from the companies before opening the investigation, the <abbr title=\"Competition and Markets Authority\">CMA<\/abbr> is now seeking views on the merger from all interested parties.<\/p>\n<p>Those interested are invited to submit their views by 13 June 2017. Further details will be   available on the investigation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/cma-cases\/tesco-booker-merger-inquiry\">case page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CMA has opened its investigation into Tesco\u2019s proposed acquisition of Booker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81364"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81364\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}