Quote, unquote: reaction to plans for UK grocery adjudicator
By: just-food.com | 3 August 2010
After a long consultation period, the UK government has outlined plans for a body to monitor and enforce relations between suppliers and grocery retailers. The implementation of such a body has split the industry, with supplier favouring greater enforcement and retailers opposed to more regulation. Here is how the industry and campaigners reacted to today's (3 August) news.
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After a long consultation period, the UK government has outlined plans for a body to monitor and enforce relations between suppliers and grocery retailers. The implementation of such a body has split the industry, with supplier favouring greater enforcement and retailers opposed to more regulation. Here is how the industry and campaigners reacted to today's (3 August) news.
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