UK supermarket ombudsman to be created

BBC News  13 January 2010

A new watchdog is to be created to resolve disputes between supermarkets and their suppliers, the government has announced.

The ombudsman will enforce a new code of practice governing relations between grocers and suppliers. The code will come into force on 4 February.

A period of consultation will follow on how best to enforce it and who the ombudsman should be.

The move follows a recommendation from the Competition Commission in 2008. The commission had spent two years investigating the supermarket industry.

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