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 With Brexit uncertainties at an all-time high, it’s not surprising that the focus of the regular Customer Supply Group forum was on how well prepared companies are for Brexit. Following on from our previous blog post: How Your Peers and...

 Gaps, Uncertainties and Plans; with the likelihood of a Hard Brexit increasing as a possibility, we have no other option than to prepare for the implications on supply chains. 

Issues such as: increased requirements for customs declarations and...

Back in 2014 a group of 20 suppliers, led by Jonathan Kittow, came together to form a workgroup that bought the practice of ‘drop and drive’ to the attention of the GCA. Evidence from the workgroup showed participating suppliers were being...

Letter to The Grocer, October 2018

Dear Sir

As reported last week in The Grocer ‘Women in Agribusiness Award’ the USA appear to have recognised Christine Tacon, The Grocery Code Adjudicator’s, impact on the UK Grocery retailers more fully than...

A recently published article by The Grocer perfectly sums up all the hard work that the Drop and Drive Workgroup has been doing on this issue. Plus such positive news that Waitrose are now also engaging with GFR. To read article, click here

At this year's GCA conference in June we heard promising reports on the steady progress being made on one of the key issues in the chilled supplier sector; delayed payments as a result of the practice by retailers called 'drop and drive'. 

DROP AND DRIVE HITS THE NEWS AGAIN. THIS TIME ON RADIO

Following on from Christine Tacon’s interview on BBC Radio 5Live last week, I was invited by the station provide the context about Drop and Drive as an insider who has the seen challenges...

During the 9^th Drop and Drive claims workgroup meeting, participants detailed their progress thus far, with key retailers taking positive steps towards the implementation of Good Faith Receiving.