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Jump to full article: Daily Record and Sunday Mail (uk), 2008-04-26
Intro: BRITAIN'S top supermarkets and two tobacco giants were yesterday accused of a cigarette price fixing scam.
Competition watchdogs named Imperial Tobacco and Gallaher along with chains including Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons among those facing a probe.
The tobacco companies make brands including Lambert and Butler, Silk Cut and Benson and Hedges.
Eleven retailers in total were implicated, including Shell, the Co-op, Somerfield and First Quench Retailing, who own Thresher.
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