The Competition Authority announced that following citizens' complaints and the concerns of members of the Albanian Parliament, it has launched a monitoring of the retail market for basket products, regarding the price level of daily consumer products. The monitoring will include the main supermarkets operating in the country and aims to create a complete overview of the developments in this market, by analyzing data on sales, consumption structure and price performance during the period 1 January 2025–June 2026.
As part of this process, the Authority has requested entities to submit detailed information on total sales for 2025 and the period January-June 2026, as well as the list of 30 products that account for the largest share of their sales, which will be subject to a full comparative analysis of market behavior.
The purpose of the monitoring is to assess the functioning of competition in this segment of particular importance for the household economy, to identify market trends and to identify any element that may require the intervention of the Authority in accordance with the legislation on the protection of competition. The Competition Authority remains committed to guaranteeing open, competitive and transparent markets, in order to protect the public interest and consumer welfare.Monitor
