By Zeenat Moorad –
MASSMART is filing a complaint with the Competition Commission as its plans to introduce its fresh food business, Foodco, at Game stores in malls is being stymied by Shoprite and Pick n Pay.
The row over lease exclusivity clauses is being driven by the spending slowdown as supermarket giants fight for market share.
Exclusivity provisions in lease contracts for malls in which South Africa’s biggest grocers are anchor tenants often block the sale of certain types of perishable food and dry groceries by other large retailers.
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