Meanwhile, discussions about the entire bill between Dodd and Richard Shelby, the top Republican on the committee, dragged on, repeatedly breaking down.

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Richard Dodd, from the British Retail Consortium, told BBC Breakfast that supermarkets were being unfairly demonised.

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Richard Dodd, from the British Retail Consortium (BRC), said there were a "good number of sensible ideas" in the report.

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