# The Food (Promotion and Placement) (Scotland) Regulations 2025, Regulation 5: Restriction on the volume price promotion of specified food


(1) A qualifying person must not offer specified food for sale as part of a volume price promotion—
(a) in store, or
(b) on an online marketplace.
(2) In this regulation “volume price promotion” means—
(a) a multibuy promotion, being the express offer of a financial incentive for buying multiple items compared with buying each item separately (including “3 for the price of 2”, “3 for £10”, or “buy six and save 25%”),
(b) a promotion that indicates that an item, or any part of an item, is free (including “50% extra free”, or “buy one get one free”).
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a), a multibuy promotion does not include a relevant special offer.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2025/303/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/food-promotion-and-placement-scotland-regulations-2025/regulation-5
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