Suppliers told ‘do it yourselves’
29 August 2012
Supermarket buyers may face increased resistance from suppliers after they were told to band together through their trade associations to ensure fair trade terms.
The call to suppliers came from Duncan Swift, head of the food and agribusiness recovery group at accountancy firm Grant Thornton.
His comments came as supply-side bodies fought back after the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) ruled that supermarkets are generally compliant with the Supermarket Code of Practice.
But the OFT rapped suppliers for failing to voice...