A Complete Understanding of the GSCOP Book

Weblinks from the book are hyperlinked for you below.

GCA challenges Suppliers to understand the Code

• Page 3 – Video of Christine Tacon
• Page 4 – Christine Tacon is interviewed by Supply Management
• Page 4 – GCA Annual Survey

3. A Summary of the history, reason for being, and why you need to know about the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP)

• Page 13 – The Consumer
• Page 14 – The GSCOP Code

4. Where did Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP) come from? And Why?

• Page 15 – The Government’s potted history of GSCOP

5. What is the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP)?

• Page 18 – Download The Order

7. What are the highlights from the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP)?

• Page 27 – Understand the exceptions written into the Code

8. What does the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP) cover and not cover?

• Page 31 – Wragge Law firm
• Page 31 – David Lowe of Wragge Law firm

9. Why do I need to care about the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP)?

• Page 32 – Help to negotiate with a supermarket buyer
• Page 33 – Improve trust with your supermarket buyer

10. What does the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP) mean for Supermarkets and Suppliers?

• Page 34 – Help identifying opportunities in categories
• Page 35 – Consumers International Body paper
• Page 36 – Joint Business Planning
• Page 37 – Add comments to the GSCOP page

11. How do I use The Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP)?

• Page 38 – Learning styles
• Page 41 – GCA Guidance notes on delisting
• Page 41 – MBM negotiation training course
• Page 41 – Influencing skills training course

12. What was the 2015 Performance Update of the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP)?

• Page 43 – Supermarket compliance reports
• Page 44 – GCA Annual Survey
• Page 44 – Key dates in the UK Grocery Industry

13. What do I do if I want to raise a dispute against a breach of the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP)?

• Page 45 – The GCA’s policy on arbitration
• Page 45 – Factsheet for giving evidence to the GCA
• Page 45 – Flowchart for making a complaint to the GCA
• Page 45 – Raising an issue with the GCA form
• Page 46 – The GCA’s promise on confidentiality

14. Who are the Code Compliance Officers at each of the major Supermarkets?

Page 47

• Code Compliance Officers
• Meet the Aldi Code Compliance Officer
• Meet the Lidl Code Compliance Officer
• Meet the Waitrose Code Compliance Officer
• Meet the M&S Code Compliance Officer
• GCA and CCO meeting attendees

15. What were the Highlights of the Groceries Code Adjudicator Impact Assessment Report from 2011?

• Page 48 – Impact Assessment Report for creating the GCA
• Page 48 – Creating the GCA was part of the The Business, Innovation and Skills Business Plan
• Page 49 – The Grant Thornton report studied the effects on uncertainty on suppliers

16. Who is the Independent Groceries Code Adjudicator and what can they do?

• Page 51 – Legislation showing the fine powers of the GCA
• Page 51 – Draft Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill
• Page 52 – GCA declared consumer complaints issue resolved

Page 54

• GCA Design Workshop
• The government’s history that led to the GCA being appointed
• GCA’s webpage
• How to create a google alert
• Stay up-to-date with Groceries Code Adjudicator and GCA Developments with the MBM Blog

17. What can we learn from case studies by the GCA?

• Page 55 – GCA Case Studies
• Page 55 – The Grocer article where Tesco stated that they were asking suppliers for money for shelf positioning
• Page 56 – Christine’s interview with Supply Management that provided clarity on shelf positioning.
• Page 59 – GCA Case Studies and Code clarification
• Page 59 – The GCA Annual Report providing some help on the grey areas of GSCOP
• UPDATE – Tesco Breach GSCOP ‘Tesco breached Groceries Code on Payment Delays – Tacon’

18. What was the Tesco investigation by the GCA about?

• Page 60 – Tesco investigation by the GCA
• UPDATE – Tesco Breach GSCOP ‘Tesco breached Groceries Code on Payment Delays – Tacon’

19. Additional reading to help you further understand GSCOP

A handful of GSCOP in the news

• Malcolm Walker: ‘Why Iceland is finding a better way of dealing with Suppliers’
• The Grocer reports on Tesco improvements and Iceland troubles
• Food Manufacture talks of ‘Tesco admits to Groceries Code breaches’
• Fruitnet challenges that ’Indirect Suppliers should be included in GSCOP’
• The Daily Telegraph reported that, ‘Tesco and Morrison’s receive the lion’s share of Supermarket complaints from Suppliers’
• ‘7 Key points Suppliers need to know about GSCOP’ by Essential Retail

Associations talking about GSCOP

• NFU: A guide for NFU Members.
• The Food and Drink Federation.
• The British Brands Group Association provides GSCOP training for 1 day for £500.

Also worth understanding

• The US ‘Robinson-Patman’ Act aims to prevent large sellers from offering different prices to different buyers where the effect is to harm even a single small firm.
• Asda’s Compliance report for 2016.

GSCOP related useful Supermarket Links

Aldi

• Monitoring their Suppliers

 

Asda

• Asda share some information about their performance on GSCOP

  

Co-Operative 

 

• Advice for Suppliers
• Sustainability report

 

Iceland

• ‘Finding a better way to deal with suppliers’
• Corporate responsibility
• Voted a great place to work 2014.

 

Lidl

• Lidl’s Code of Conduct with their business partners

 

Marks & Spencer

• Responsible sourcing

Morrisons

 

• Morrisons has information about GSCOP on their website
• Steve Butts, Code Compliance Officer’s slides, from the UK Conference
• Morrison’s new Supplier request

Sainsbury’s

 

• Working in Partnership

 Tesco

 

• Dave Lewis launches new ’Code of Conduct for Tesco Staff’ – The Grocer
• Tesco’s Code of conduct guidelines for employees
• Code of Business Conduct, including GSCOP.

Waitrose

 

• The Waitrose Way

 

22. About the Author

• MBM’s unique training method
• To email a colleague about the book: https://www.makingbusinessmatter.co.uk/gscop/

23. Free Guides to Download

Where Next?

Take Our GSCOP Quiz to See How Well You Know the Code!

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Join the GSCOP Aware Association

The GSCOP Aware Association has been formed with one mission – To be the mark for Suppliers to demonstrate that they are GSCOP Aware. Joining is based on passing an online assessment regarding GSCOP that we envisage two-thirds will fail.

Seeking Legal Advice

When dealing with legal documents, a potentially complex legal process, and high stakes, we advise that you seek legal counsel. Our partners at Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co (Gowling WLG from mid-January 2016) can help. Contact David Lowe – Their expert in GSCOP, from a legal perspective, who is very experienced in advising suppliers on GSCOP. David is offering a free 20-minute telephone/email consultation when you mention this book.

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