All Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) articles – Page 4
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Analysis and Features
Aggressive but inexperienced: perils of the new breed of supermarket buyers
The new cohort of UK supermarket buyers are young, inexperienced and verging on confrontational, according to YouGov data from suppliers. So what’s really going on – and is youth always a bad thing?
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Comment and Opinion
Buyers playing a dangerous game as suppliers threaten to stop the trucks
Will suppliers stop the trucks? That’s the risk buyers amid inflation and delivery shortages
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Comment and Opinion
What the Adjudicator’s best practice guidance means for suppliers and supermarkets
GCA Mark White’s ‘best practice’ statement should be welcomed by the industry, says Ben Lewis, chief commercial relationship officer at sales auditor Salitix
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News
GCA Mark White tackles supermarket audits concerns with new retailer-backed guidance
The GCA also warned retailers against fixed notices for delistsngs
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Comment and Opinion
Sainsbury’s gives Mark White his first big test as Groceries Code Adjudicator
White is clearly aware of the gap that exists between the picture of serenity painted by today’s league table and the brutal backdrop suppliers are facing
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News
Groceries Code Adjudicator to probe Sainsbury’s range reset
White’s intervention comes despite Sainsbury’s coming top of the GCA’s YouGov poll for retailer behaviour
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News
Iceland takes on first trainees after joining graduate trainers MDS
The frozen specialist follows Aldi in becoming a member business of the fresh produce and food industry training programme
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News
Code issues plummet in Adjudicator supplier survey despite ‘brutal’ Covid delists
The proportion of suppliers experiencing issues at any stage has fallen to an all-time low
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News
Sainsbury’s signs up to GCA commitment to limit forensic auditing of suppliers
Sainsbury’s commitment will be effective from March 2022
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News
Aldi to fund 60 fresh produce management trainees
The move is in partnership with fresh produce management training scheme MDS, chaired by former GCA Christine Tacon
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Comment and Opinion
How Mark White’s legal background will influence his work with GSCOP
The new GCA seeks to understand the causes of retailer-supplier friction, not just the symptoms, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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Comment and Opinion
Mark White: Suppliers can use ‘Tell the GCA’ to report retailer issues anonymously
‘Tell the GCA’ will offer a straightforward way for suppliers to report an issue in total confidence, says GCA Mark White
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News
Suppliers encouraged to report supermarkets via new ‘Tell the GCA’ hotline
GCA Mark White aims to tackle long-standing supplier fears around delistings
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Analysis and Features
Can new GCA tackle supplier fears over confidentiality?
New adjudicator Mark White wants written guarantees from CCOs
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News
Groceries Code Adjudicator White moves to tackle ‘climate of fear’ over delistings
Suppliers will now have a written commitment from CCOs that information they pass on will be protected
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News
Tacon appointed chair of Red Tractor Assurance
Tacon brings more than three decades of experience to her new role from across the food, retail and farming sectors
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News
Delistings see Tesco top table for alleged GSCOP breaches
The supermarket reported a 12% year-on-year increase in breaches alleged by its suppliers, showed a report by the British Brands Group
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News
New GCA Mark White speaks of ‘uneven playing field’ for suppliers
White said he would be closely watching supermarkets’ behaviour towards their suppliers
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News
Christine Tacon fires parting shot over second wave supermarket delistings
Tacon, who is to stand down as GCA next week, has warned supermarkets they risk breaching the code if they embark on a further round of delistings without adequate notice
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Analysis and Features
Could milk price regulation shift the power in dairy?
Farming unions are calling for reforms to milk pricing. So what changes are they proposing? And what does it mean for processors?