Hans Hallén, who monitored ICA stores in southern Sweden from 2003–2005, said he had informed the company's managers of the exact practices that were exposed on 5 December 2007 by the Sveriges Television in its weekly investigative television programme Uppdrag granskning.
The events have been documented by popular TV shows Insider and Uppdrag granskning in April 2007 and September 3, 2008, respectively.