The potato supplier at the centre of allegations linking Sainsbury’s to a GBP3m (US$6.1m) bungs scandal has said it has so far found no other irregular payments made to other UK retailers.
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Greenvale said today (17 March) that it would continue with its own investigation after two people were arrested over alleged backhanders.
A buyer at Sainsbury’s, John Maylam, was arrested after allegedly receiving payments from Greenvale, which supplies around 45% of Sainsbury’s potatoes.
David Baxter, Greenvale’s operations director was also arrested. Both men have been released on bail.
Greenvale’s owner, Produce Investments, uncovered the alleged payments after an audit of its financial accounts.
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By GlobalDataThe company then alerted Sainsbury’s, which launched its own investigation. A police probe is now underway.
“We have our own ongoing investigation and we will continue with it despite the police investigation going on,” a spokesman for Greenvale said. “So far, we have not found any [payments] to any other retailers or customers.”
