All Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) articles – Page 9
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News
Forecast and promo failures driving waste warns Tacon
Millions of tonnes of food is being ploughed back into the ground because of “systemic” failures in retailers’ forecasting
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News
MDS to launch apprenticeships for graduates and school leavers
The training company, chaired by GCA Christine Tacon, is to become an accredited training provider in its own right from early 2018
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News
Groceries Adjudicator calls on Booker to be signed up to GSCOP
Suppliers fear the Tesco-Booker merger could see it circumvent the code in its buying arrangements with wholesale
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Analysis and Features
Can Roger Burnley put Asda on the front foot again?
Not only has Sean Clarke been steadying the ship; Burnley was indeed making himself more than useful
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Analysis and Features
From farm to food waste: the pre-farmgate fight
Retailers take most of the heat on food waste, but down on the farm the levels of loss are much higher
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News
Adjudicator launches new probe into three supplier issues
Tacon has released a new survey calling on suppliers to come forward with evidence
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Comment and Opinion
All Project Renewal has done is trash relationships with suppliers
There are some who say Asda has been let off way too lightly by the Adjudicator. This was not a range review like Tesco’s Project Reset, with slow, methodical use of Clubcard data to identify brands that failed to cut the mustard with consumers. Project Renewal was ...
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News
Asda demanded millions from suppliers or face delisting says GCA
Suppliers were subjected to “aggressive tactics, such as inflexible demands made by Asda buyers”
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News
Brexit requires an extended role for the Adjudicator
Sir, Each week sees new stories of the strain that Brexit is placing on the food sector
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Comment and Opinion
Asda needs to follow Tesco’s example to keep in the GCA’s good books
So why has Asda escaped, and is the Adjudicator’s decision to hold back from the ultimate deterrent justified? Yesterday’s revelation that Asda had demanded millions from suppliers to finance its Project Renewal strategy – or face having their products stripped from its shelves – made for yet ...
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News
Asda demanded millions from suppliers to avoid delisting, says GCA
Suppliers were subjected to “aggressive tactics, such as inflexible demands made by Asda buyers”
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News
GCA calls off 'drop and drive' investigation threat
The adjudicator has instead written to the three supermarkets accused of breaching the code
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Analysis and Features
Are those green shoots at Asda or is it all inflation?
There are encouraging signs of improvement for Asda under CEO Sean Clarke, but the patient is still in recovery
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Comment and Opinion
The CMA should not allow retailers to be vague and dismissive about code breaches
News that supplier complaints about possible breaches by Asda have shot up in the past year, doesn’t tell the whole story, at least it took the reporting process seriously … unlike some supermarkets
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News
Asda sees big increase in alleged code of practice breaches
The British Brands Group today published the official responses by retailers to the CMA over code compliance
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News
Tacon sent remedies in drop & drive furore
Supermarkets embroiled in a row over drop & drive charges have written to Christine Tacon setting out plans to respond
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News
GCA review sees government looking beyond Tacon tenure
Government review found there had been an improvement in the behaviour of supermarkets, and wants to “establish a robust governance and assurance framework for the long term’
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Comment and Opinion
Where now for GSCOP?
David Sables reflects on the GCA conference and says there’s still more CCOs can do to reassure suppliers
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Comment and Opinion
How the Adjudicator has changed grocery
The Groceries Code Adjudicator’s annual conference in Westminster carried additional significance this year
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Comment and Opinion
It's good to see Tacon reappointed, even if at the 13th hour
I was quite cynical when the Adjudicator started. A code of conduct has been in place since 2001