GCA report says Tesco ‘seriously’ breached supermarket industry code

By ISN News Desk on 27/01/2016Comments Off on GCA report says Tesco ‘seriously’ breached supermarket industry code

Supermarket giant Tesco intentionally delayed payments to its suppliers – a supermarket watchdog found after investigation. Farmers and other food suppliers were made to a long wait for payments- which were sometimes subject to one side reasoning an investigation has found. The store repeatedly and intentionally delayed the bills in a widespread practice to improve its financial position intended to enhance its financial position the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) Christine Tacon found.

She said she was most stunned at the revelation of how across the board the grocery store giants’s activities were, stating that every supplier gave the evidence of payment delayed. The National Farmers Union welcomed the findings and called it’s a landmark report. The national Farmers union repeatedly warned about the power of grocery chains to challenge farmers business. But many of its suppliers affected are stayed silent. Representatives asserted it was still “a fearless business” that was readied to discuss their challenges with Tesco.

Ms Tacon’s 84-page report discovered Tesco “seriously” ruptured an industry code by postponements and cuts to the payments it made agriculturists. She made a progression of proposals to stop the works on, saying the retailer ought to be more straightforward in its dealings with suppliers. In any case, she couldn’t force a financial punishment since this power was just given to her after she dispatched her examination.

Tesco group CEO Dave Lewis apologized and said he acknowledged the GCA’s discoveries. He said: “In 2014 we undertook our own review into certain historic practices, which were both unsustainable and harmful to our suppliers. We shared these practices with the Adjudicator, and publicly apologised. Today, I would like to apologise again. We are sorry.”