All Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) articles – Page 14
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News
Adjudicator conference 2015: 10 key lessons we learned
With changes in retailer behaviour the challenges have evolved. Here’s our takeout from the annual conference
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Comment and Opinion
GSCOP coverage is essential: shoppers have a right to know
The YouGov survey this week reported improvement across the board on retailer collaborative measures versus one year ago…
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News
Absence of promised GCA powers leaves dairy farmers in the cold
The cavernous Church House venue next to Westminster Abbey, home to this week’s GCA conference, is so imposing that it could have comfortably fitted in a few hundred more delegates on top of the 200 or so that did turn up. In fact, it’s a pity that ...
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Extension of GCA powers could take years
CMA reveals that any further powers would require fresh investigation or new legislation
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New GSCOP probe threatened after BBG survey reveals agreement breaches
Move from back margin to front margin is causing ructions in supplier-retailer relationships
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Media Bites 23 June: Thorntons, Tesco, GCA
Ferrero’s £112m takeover bid of Thorntons dominates the papers this morning but news of Tesco topping a supplier survey as the worst of Britain’s leading supermarket chains at complying with industry guidelines also gets a look in.
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Comment and Opinion
GCA conference - headline figures conceal lack of change
Tesco’s rise doesn’t reflect the problems still rife amongst suppliers, many of whom are still scared or remain amazingly unaware of GSCOP
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News
GSCOP survey reveals Tesco improvement, Iceland troubles
Tacon said Lewis’ move to reset Tesco negotiations to focus on front rather than back margin had been a major contributor to a shift in perception
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Christine Tacon warns suppliers over lack of training in GSCOP
Retailers are wiping the floor in negotiations with suppliers, Christine Tacon will warn suppliers at a GCA conference
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Comment and Opinion
Is GSCOP working for you? Action required - tell me about it!
Most suppliers have not really engaged wholeheartedly with this initiative…
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Media bites 19 May: GCA, Thorntons, Cranswick
Officials at the watchdog set up by the Government to oversee the supermarket industry spent at least a year battling with Whitehall to get powers to impose fines on grocers for misconduct, according to The Independent.
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Media Bites 27: Supermarkets, Tesco, Co-op
City analysts predict more profits pain for the listed supermarkets, Co-op chairman Allan Leighton readies himself for society’s AGM and GCA to hold surgeries to encourage more suppliers to come forward.
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Comment and Opinion
Conservative Manifesto: Cameron offers a prominent role for farmers
Conservative policy offers a lot for farmers to get their teeth in to
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Comment and Opinion
Labour manifesto: Miliband strikes an uneasy relationship with business
With pledges on NMW, business rates, the GCA and action on sugar, today’s launch didn’t clear much up for the industry
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Profiles and QandAs
David Cameron: Exclusive Q&A
” For too long the balance of power in the food supply chain hasn’t always been right and I’m determined to correct that”
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News
Groceries Code Adjudicator dairy powers rejected by government
In its official response, published yesterday evening, the government said it had no power to extend the GCA’s jurisdiction before 2016
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Media Bites 16 March: GCA, high streets, Diageo
Whitehall emails show teething troubles for the Groceries Code Adjudicator; a report on the UK high street finds more shops close than open in 2014; and Diageo backs down on lengthening supplier payment days.
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News
Groceries Code Adjudicator studied for EU level by Phil Hogan
The European Commission is investigating the possibility of adopting the principles of the Groceries Codes Adjudicator…
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Analysis and Features
What now, Tescopoly?
With the supermarket chain in contraction as sales slide, is the work of the vociferous pressure group now done?…
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Groceries Code Adjudicator power extension will prove difficult, says farming minister
Speaking at the National Farmers Union conference in Birmingham, Eustice warned that the process could prove too “complicated”