UK: No immediate use of fines for UK grocery adjudicator
By: Dean Best | 19 October 2011
The ombudsman being set up to monitor the relationship between suppliers and retailers in the UK will not immediately look to fine a supermarket should it break the code governing their dealings.
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The ombudsman being set up to monitor the relationship between suppliers and retailers in the UK will not immediately look to fine a supermarket should it break the code governing their dealings.
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