Asda chief scorns call for supplier tsar

Telegraph.co.uk 1 May 2008  

Supermarket chiefs have hit out at the proposed imposition of a new "supermarket Tsar" to regulate relations between retailers and suppliers.
 
The Competition Commission has called for the establishment of an independent ombudsman to monitor and police the relationship between grocery chains and food manufacturers.

The ombudsman - which is already being dubbed Oftrolley by industry insiders - would be paid for by the chains and would oversee any retailer with annual sales of over £1bn.

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See also

"Ombudsman could lead to higher prices, warns Asda boss" (Talkingretail.com, 30 April 2008 http://www.talkingretail.com/news/9514/Ombudsman-could-lead-to-higher.ehtml )

"Inquiry lets the big stores off hook, say local shopkeepers" (The Guardian, 1 May 08 http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/may/01/tesco.asda

"Get tough threat to supermarkets over supplier ombudsman" (Talkingretail.com http://www.talkingretail.com/news/9512/Get-tough-threat-to-supermarke.ehtml )