What does Gscop cover?

GSCOP covers all suppliers whether or not UK owned and based who supply a designated retailer in the UK. It also covers all wholly-owned subsidiaries of a designated retailer. The Groceries Supply Code of Practice does not, however, cover retailers with supply agreements with designated retailers.

Which retailers are covered by Gscop?

GSCOP regulates the behaviour of the top 13 grocery retailers, Aldi, Lidl, Morrisons, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Marks & Spencer, Ocado, Home Bargains, B&M, the Co-Op, Waitrose, Iceland, their subsidiaries (a collective known as the ‘Designated Retailers’).

What is the grocery code?

The Food and Grocery Code (the Code) is a voluntary code that governs certain conduct by grocery retailers and wholesalers in their dealings with suppliers.

Is the grocery code the same as gscop?

We shall see in detail later, but GSCOP does not cover all retailers and all categories. It is a ‘Groceries Code’. It covers the government’s, or perhaps an out of touch civil servant’s view, of what a ‘supermarket’ is.

What does gscop stand for in the UK?

GSCOP stands for: Groceries Supply Code Of Practice. GSCOP, or the Groceries Supply Code of Practice, is a piece of UK government legislation. It puts certain restrictions on the purchasing activities of the very biggest supermarket chains.

What is the Grocery Supply Code of practice?

The Groceries Supply Code of Practice – GSCOP. The Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP) is legislation designed to regulate the relationship between supermarkets and their suppliers. Since its introduction in 2009 it has had, in reality, limited impact.

Who are the retailers covered by the gscop?

GSCOP doesn’t cover all supermarkets and all products. Initially, only 10 ‘designated retailers’ with grocery sales above £1 billion were covered by the legislation: Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Aldi, Lidl, Co-Op, Marks and Spencer, Waitrose and Iceland. Two more were added in November 2018, B&M and Ocado. What’s the Purpose of the Code?

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