Distribution & consumer goods | Autorité de la concurrence

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Aux termes de la décision ci-après, l’Autorité de la concurrence a autorisé l’acquisition du contrôle conjoint du groupe Picard par la famille Zouari et le fonds d’investissement Lion Capital qui détient déjà, avant l’opération, une participation contrôlante dans la cible.

La famille Zouari contrôle des magasins de commerce de détail à dominante alimentaire sous les enseignes Casino, Leader Price, Franprix et Monoprix, situés principalement à Paris et en région parisienne.

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[Only the French version prevails and is authentic] At the end of this decision, the Autorité de la concurrence (hereinafter "the Autorité") fines companies Materne, Andros, Conserves France, Délis SA, SAS Vergers de Châteaubourg, Charles Faraud, Charles & Alice, Valade and Coroos Conserven BV for having implemented, between October 2010 and January 2014, an anticompetitive practice aiming, on the one hand, to manipulate the prices of products sold to food retailers under retailers’ own-brand labels and products sold to food service distributors (“out-of-home catering”) in t

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The Autorité de la concurrence hands down fine worth a total of up to 58.3 million euros to the main fruit-compote manufacturers for pricing agreement and market sharing from October 2010 to January 2014. The Autorité fined Materne, Andros, Conserves France, Délis/Vergers de Châteaubourg, Charles Faraud/Charles & Alice, as well as Valade.

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Distribution of frozen food products

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The Autorité de la concurrence hands down fine worth a total of up to 58.3 million euros to the main fruit-compote manufacturers for pricing agreement and market sharing

The Autorité de la concurrence fines the four historical meal vouchers issuers for a total of nearly 415 M€, for anticompetitive practices

Anti-competitive agreement in the fruit-compotes sector

The Autorité de la concurrence authorises Casino to change from joint to sole control of companies Capdis and Holding Mag Spring.

Green light to the takeover of Léon de Bruxelles by Groupe Bertrand (Hippopotamus, Burger King, Lipp, La Coupole, etc)

The Autorité de la concurrence clears the takeover of Groupe Léon de Bruxelles by Groupe Bertrand (Hippopotamus, Burger King, Lipp, La Coupole, etc.)

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