Toughen up: what Australia’s supermarket code could learn from the UK
This is an interesting opinion piece by Professor Caron Beaton-Wells drawing attention to the weaknesses of the Australian code as compared to the UK model.
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Category Archives: 2013-media
December 2013 – Fair Food Chain discussed in Brussels
December 2013 – Groceries Code Adjudicator Outlines Powers
December 2013 – Groceries Code Adjudicator heads to Brussels
December 2013 – Supermarket watchdog says suppliers avoid complaining
October 2013 – UFU meet UK Groceries Code Adjudicator
October 2013 – Unfair supply chain practices tops agenda in UFU meeting
October 2013 – Stormont Agriculture Committee meet with Groceries Code Adjudicator
October 2013 – O’Neill discusses concerns with Groceries Code Adjudicator
October 2013 – No help for farmers from Adjudicator
October 2013 – UK food industry praises Appetite for Engineering
September 2013 – An appetite for innovation, but no investment to feed it
September 2013 – Catch 22 for women Neds
One Woman’s Career – RBS Focused Women presentation
Presentation at a Focused Women event (attended by men as well as women) in Manchester to RBS and its guests. See also Recommendations.…
The Groceries Code Adjudicator
Presentation explaining the role of the Groceries Code Code Adjudicator.…
July 2013 – Adjudicator proposes 1% of turnover fines
July 2013 – Rogue retailers face £500m fine
June 2013 – UK appoints regulator to protect grocery suppliers
June 2013 – UK supermarkets could face big fines, says tough-talking retail watchdog
June 2013 – Met Office announces new non-executive directors
Under Pressure
April 2013 – Tacon sets out stall on key role in food chain
March 2013 – Supermarkets watchdog gets ready to ‘sort out the bullies’
Stargrazing: technology and its potential impact on water in agriculture
Presentation at Pinsent Masons to city investors.…
February 2013 – Fresh Produce Journal
This issue of the FPJ covers Christine’s presentation to students at the University of Cambridge Institute for Manufacturing together with an interview following her appointment as Groceries Code Adjudicator.
Fresh Produce Journal (February 2013)
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What does the future hold for the UK agricultural sector? – January 2013
Christine was the keynote speaker at the annual conference of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, speaking on the topic ‘What does the future hold for the UK agricultural sector?’.
A summary of the talk is included in the ICAEW Farming and Rural Business Group News…
February 2013 – BBC Costing The Earth
January 2013 – Christine Tacon appointed Groceries Code Adjudicator
Media coverage includes:
Mirror Online: Supermarket tsar_Christine Tacon appointed Groceries Code Adjudicator
Retail Week: Five reasons why Christine Tacon may prove an astute appointment as Groceries Code Adjudicator
The Grocer: Tacon named as Groceries Code Adjudicator
NFU: Groceries code appointment – NFU response
Farming UK: Tacon appointed as new supermarket adjudicator
Food Manufacture: Christine Tacon appointed groceries code adjudicator
Just Food: UK Groceries Code Adjudicator appointed
Just Food: BRC cautiously welcomes grocery adjudicator Tacon
New Statesman: Five questions answered on the first appointed supermarket ombudsman…
