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The National Farmers' Union (NFU) has stated that "retrospective demands for
money and changes to trading terms" were just some of concerns that were
reported to them days before the Grocery Suppliers Code of Practice was
introduced today.
The new code will provide retailers with clear
guidelines for dealing with suppliers and contains an over-riding principle of
fair dealing.
However, the NFU says that, as recent retail buyer
behaviour demonstrates, the start of the strengthened code, policed by an
independent ombudsman, could not have come quickly enough.
NFU president
Peter Kendall said: "Recent reports to me about retailer behaviour in the supply
chain have demonstrated nothing but bully-boy tactics.
"This week should
have been marked by a sea change in grocery supply chain relationships with our
farmer and grower members, but instead in the past 10 days I have heard how
suppliers to major retailers have faced some of the most unreasonable demands
for retrospective payments and changes to trading terms that we've ever
seen.
"Retailers are effectively launching pre-emptive strikes on
suppliers before the new grocery suppliers code of practice - and the protection
it affords - comes into force. Squeezing the very life blood out of British
producers will only reduce supply and, in the long-term, affect consumer
choice.
"The whole supply chain should be working together to meet the
long-term challenges that the food system faces - feeding a growing global
population while impacting less on the environment."
(Talking Retail 4th February 2010)
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| April 2010 Food & Wine Festival
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| 21 April Free From Awards presentation at the Canal Museum Kings Cross presented by Antony Worrall Thompson for more details go to www.freefromawards.co.uk
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| 15-16 May 2010 Loch Fyne Food Fair
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| 1 June Tea Break
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| 16-20 June
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