Hungarian-owned CBA supermarket chain has denied an allegation after an interview its chief executive gave to conservative weekly Heti Valasz, suggesting that the retail chain had been active in the move to mostly halt Sunday shopping. CBA said the way the paper had put remarks made by László Baldauf into context was “deliberately and malevolently misleading”. The company insisted that like other market participants, CBA had stated its opinion on the law. Hungarian retail chains (Coop, Real and CBA) would have been hard pressed to form a united front in communicating their opinions, it said. CBA would take legal steps against any media that harms its good reputation by “distorting the truth”. In the interview, Baldauf said: “It would have been difficult to unite in the interest of restricting Sunday opening … though there is a need for strong interest representation among Hungarian retail chains.”
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