The Commerce Commission has just published the Grocery Supply Code: Checklist for Suppliers, which is available to download here and is available on the Commerce Commission website at https://comcom.govt.nz/regulated-industries/grocery/.
This is important guidance from the regulator, the document acts as a “checklist” for grocery suppliers to guide your review of the new or amended agreements received from retailers to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Grocery Supply Code. You can read the email update from the Grocery team below.
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Today, the Commerce Commission has published the Grocery Supply Code: Checklist for Suppliers.
This document acts as a “checklist” for grocery suppliers of regulated grocery retailers to:
Guide their review of the new or amended agreements they receive from retailers against the provisions of the Grocery Supply Code (Code); and
Assess retailers ongoing conduct against the provisions of the Code.
The Grocery Supply Code: Checklist for Suppliers is available to download here and is being hosted on our website at https://comcom.govt.nz/regulated-industries/grocery/.
We hope that, by providing this guidance, suppliers are more informed about their rights under the Code when negotiating and agreeing to their agreements with retailers, as well in their ongoing interactions with retailers.
The Code came into force on 28 September 2023. For existing grocery supply agreements, regulated grocery retailers (Foodstuffs North Island, Foodstuffs South Island, and Woolworths NZ) have until 28 March 2024 to offer suppliers variations to ensure these agreements are consistent with the Code. There is no requirement for suppliers to have signed by this date. After 28 March 2024, the provisions of the Code apply irrespective of what is in the agreement.
If you wish to receive future communications from the grocery team or want to get in touch, contact grocery.regulation@comcom.govt.nz.
Ngā mihi
The Grocery Team
