Nisa Local has responded to a leaked document that said it had been contacted over complaints it was hiking prices during the coronavirus lockdown.
The independently owned stores have more than 2,500 shops up and down the country, and was contacted by the Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) over pricing complaints.
From March 10 to April 19, the CMA received almost 21,000 complaints about retailers inflating prices amid the pandemic. The CMA has reportedly written to 187 traders, with one of these reported to be Nisa.
But Nisa said CMA had no concerns with the business, with betterRetailing reporting that some of the concern could have been down to “products coming off promotion" and "newly introduced lines." A spokesperson for Nisa