'Sainsbury's leverage was not good for Tomlinson's suppliers'

摘要

If there is one episode in recent years which illustrates the merciless attitude of some retailers towards suppliers, it is the Sainsbuiy's-Tomlinson's disgrace. So many thanks to the anonymous reader who kindly sent me notes from the December meetinginvolving Tomlinson's SDDG suppliers.At the meeting, Melanie Cherchian, Sainsbury's head of dairy, defended the retailer's decision to move to 'second tier processors' in 2016 on the grounds that 'competition would give us leverage, which would be good for everybody.Well Sainsbury's leverage efforts certainly were not good for the suppliers - Medina, Tomlinson's, Muller or Aria - and were an unmitigated disaster for Tomlinson's farmers, who were all contented Muller suppliers before this move.