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Small businesses supplying Australia’s major supermarkets should be protected from retribution after raising a dispute, instead of fearing their products will be relegated to the bottom shelf or removed from sale entirely, according to the interim report on the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct.
That is just one of the key recommendations from Dr Craig Emerson, who on Monday released an initial report into the voluntary Food and Grocery Code of Conduct, the opt-in rulebook designed to protect small suppliers dealing with enterprises like Coles, Woolworths, IGA, and Metcash.
In his view, the Code ought to become mandatory for supermarkets commanding $5 billion in annual revenue.
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