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UK: Grocery suppliers call for Amazon to be scrutinized

By  |  June 24, 2019

Food and drink suppliers have called for online giant Amazon to come under the watch of the UK’s grocery industry regulator, reported The Independent.

Amazon and Boots were the two retailers which received the most requests from suppliers to come under the remit of the Groceries Code Adjudicator, according to its annual survey.

The finding comes as adjudicator Christine Tacon admitted that there is more scope for the Groceries Code of Conduct to cover more than the 12 retailers currently facing scrutiny by the code.

There were calls from 12 grocery suppliers to scrutinise the conduct of Amazon, while 10 suppliers wanted to introduce Boots to the remit of the code. There were a number of other recommendations for retailers including Home Bargains and Booths.

Over the past 12 months, the Competition and Market Authority (CMA) forced Ms Tacon to scrutinize B&M and Ocado under the code of conduct.

Full Content: Independent

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