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‘We’ve nearly been hit with everything and retailers dropping milk price is the last kick’

July 19, 2018

Retailers have come under increased pressure for the “unsustainable discounting” of fresh milk. Dairy farmers have reacted angrily to moves by retailers to…

Agri Aware highlights consequences of ‘unsustainable’ discounting

December 16, 2017

Rural Life

Retailers in this country are very good at highlighting the story of the farmers behind their products but they need to ensure that…

Misleading labelling puts retailers on the ‘Naughty List’ – IFA

December 8, 2017

Agri-Business

Consumers are being urged by Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) president Joe Healy to check twice to make sure the food they buy from…

Calls made to appoint an independent Ombudsman to police the grocery sector

December 2, 2016

An Independent Ombudsman to oversee and monitor the regulations within the grocery sector needs to be appointed, according to Fine Gael TD and Chairman of the…

Overseas suppliers included in the UK’s Groceries Supply Code of Practice

December 2, 2016

Agri-Business

The UK’s Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) Christine Tacon has said that her powers extends to overseas suppliers who feel they are being unfairly treated…

‘Primary producers are often the weakest link in the food supply chain’

December 1, 2016

Primary producers are often recognised as the weakest link in the food supply chain, according to the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation,…

‘Absence of a ban on below cost selling a major flaw’

November 30, 2016

Agri-Business

The absence of a ban on below cost selling is a major flaw in combating unfair trading practices, according to IFA President Joe…

New grocery laws set to be signed off

January 28, 2016

Agri-Business

New regulations aimed at regulating certain practices in the grocery goods sector are set to come into force shortly. It is envisaged that these…

Investigation finds Tesco UK ‘intentionally’ delayed payments to suppliers

January 26, 2016

Agri-Business

The UK’s new Groceries Code Adjudicator Christine Tacon has told Tesco to introduce significant changes to practices and systems after finding Britain’s largest…

Concerns that retailers are set to slash prices for vegetables next week

December 11, 2015

Agri-Business

Retailers are set to slash the price of vegetables next week, according to Fianna Fail Spokesperson on Agriculture Eamon O Cuiv. Retailers, when…

It’s not sustainable to keep squashing the producer – McGuinness MEP

October 17, 2015

Agri Politics

We talk about sustainable food supply chains but it’s not sustainable to squash a producer, to keep pushing down the price, according to Fine…

MEPs call for EU to help Member States tackle retailer power

September 21, 2015

Agri Politics

The EU must better coordinate member states’ efforts to tackle unfair trading practices (UTPs), many members of the Agriculture Committee said in a…

Commission President says competition authorities need to examine retail sector

September 11, 2015

Agri Politics

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said this week there is a need to break up some retail oligopolies in Europe. Delivering his first…

‘Farmers’ share of beef prices down 50%, while retailers’ share up’

May 9, 2015

Agri-Business

Farmers’ share of the price consumers pay for a kilo of beef has halved to 21% with the processors having fallen to 28% but…

Tesco Ireland sales fall by 6.3% year-on-year

April 22, 2015

Agri-Business

Tesco Ireland has reported a 6.3% drop in sales, year-on-year, for the 52-week period ending February 23, 2015. Total revenues – including petrol…

‘I don’t want to see food being sold for half nothing’ – Coveney

December 23, 2014

Agri-Business

The Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney said that he does not want to see food being sold for ‘half nothing’ on supermarket shelves.…

Report fully exposes supermarket buying practises

October 8, 2014

Opinion

This week’s report from Rabobank is a damning indictment of the ways by which EU supermarkets are managing to manipulate European beef prices…

Dunnes performs well as Tesco’s share slides

August 5, 2014

Agri-Business

The latest supermarket share figures from Kantar Worldpanel in Ireland, published today for the 12 weeks ending July 20, show a strong performance…

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