There’s been a lot in the press since the start of the year on the way large supermarkets, and specifically Tesco’s have been treating suppliers.
A survey for the Groceries Code Adjudicator has shown that the suppliers of food are reluctant to complain of bullying by supermarket buyers according to The Observer newspaper in the UK. The Groceries Code Adjudicator has announced an investigation into the way Tesco does business with suppliers.
Even after this announcement, Tesco was apparently sending out ultimatums to suppliers demanding price cuts, and has threatened to withdraw products if suppliers refuse to capitulate, according to The Daily Telegraph. In The Irish News a local farmer was quoted as saying, “it would break your heart “the way Tesco has treated some farmers.
Stalker remembers stories from many years back about mushroom men taking on the powers at Tesco HQ in Cheshunt, and not getting on too well.
Hopefully things are changing for the better in the supermarket sphere for all sides in the equation.
