HDE counters politicians: "Unfounded bogus attacks against the food trade"
However, the role of food retailers in relation to the economic situation of producers has also been discussed recently. The most frequently cited example here is probably Till Backhaus, Minister of Agriculture for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. He is of the opinion that the power of retail chains must be limited by antitrust law. He explained this by saying

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