IN view of the recent media publicity given to the £1billion profit announced by Tesco, and the very strong criticism from the farmers, will the Horwich manager of Tesco please explain publicly, why it was necessary to increase the prices of cartons of milk, with green and red packs, by 2p per carton with sell-by dates of late September 01.

This is not the only price increase of recent days; some breakfast cereals have also been increased.

Mr J Holding

Stocks Park Drive

Horwich