Archive of all Groceries Code Adjudicator articles – Page 8
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Comment & OpinionAdvantage Amazon and D2C: retailers face a double threat
Suppliers are looking seriously at direct-to-consumer options, says David Sables. And the consequences for retailers are potentially serious
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Comment & OpinionAmazon’s supermarket rivals are fuming over CMA decision
It comes days after the Chancellor rejected calls for an online sales tax on companies including Amazon
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NewsAmazon and Alliance Boots escape inclusion under GCA remit
Ocado and B&M are set to be included under GSCOP
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NewsGovernment to intervene in supplier pricing negotiations
It wants to give farmers access to wholesale sales data from processors to strengthen their hand during contract talks, farming minister George Eustice said
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NewsAgriculture bill given cautious welcome
The bill would deliver a ‘green Brexit’, said Michael Gove and ‘take back control for farmers’
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NewsCMA 'will not probe' proposed Tesco-Carrefour deal
Competition authorities in France have confirmed they will investigate the alliance
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Analysis & FeaturesAs retailers improve should Adjudicator go harder or go home?
Christine Tacon wants to police more retailers
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NewsMedia Bites 26 June: Grocery Code Adjudicator, Tesco, Morrisons
Britain’s supermarkets are treating their suppliers better, according to the UK’s Grocery Code Adjudicator
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NewsSainsbury's drops behind Tesco in Adjudicator code compliance
Aldi rated top for fifth year in a row with 97% of suppliers saying it complied with the code consistently well or mostly
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Comment & OpinionExtended Adjudicator remit confirmation will soothe Burnley and Coupe’s aches
The CMA will next month announce its long-awaited list of new retailers to be added to the remit of Groceries Code Adjudicator Christine Tacon
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NewsMPs to look at extending Adjudicator's powers
Efra committee called for the Adjudicator to be granted powers to prevent the supermarket giants “dominating” the grocery
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Analysis & FeaturesSainsbury’s & Asda mega merger: what we know and what it means
The market is still coming to terms with the Tesco-Booker deal and now this: a £51bn-sales combination play between Sainsbury’s and Asda has been confirmed. So what will it mean? And how on earth would it get competition clearance? Here’s an updated analysis from The Grocer following the announcement earlier this week
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NewsAdjudicator to cover Amazon and Ocado within a year
The Competition & Markets Authority has written to a raft of retailers in the past week, as GSCOP looks set to expand the existing list of 10 supermarkets
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Comment & OpinionStay within the Groceries Code's spirit
Across the country, sole traders are desperately trying to keep their income below the £85k VAT threshold
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NewsGCA warns mults off charging for better website positioning
Tacon also made an appeal for suppliers to come forward to take part in her annual groceries sector survey
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Comment & OpinionIn defence of Co-op's approach to range and delistings
‘Right range, right store’ range reviews can deliver for suppliers and consumers if implemented correctly, says Dave Marston of Category Wins
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Comment & OpinionCo-op faces reputational damage – but will it get a fine to match?
While the general public tends to care less about food and drink suppliers than issues such as Fairtrade, today’s revelation raise worrying questions about the Co-op’s conduct
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NewsCo-op faces full-scale GCA investigation over delistings
Retailer has already paid back over £500,000 to more than 100 suppliers, as adjudicator issues appeal for direct suppliers who may have been affected to come forward
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NewsAdjudicator launches investigation into Co-op over supplier delistings
Adjudicator Christine Tacon says ’there is reasonable suspicion’ that the retailer has been systematically delisting suppliers and is appealing for more information
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Comment & OpinionExtending the GCA to cover more retailers makes sense
It’s hard not to have sympathy for farmers whose hopes of the GCA’s remit being widened have been dashed