tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31735534.post7624638904123412043..comments2023-10-15T16:28:31.347+01:00Comments on The Joseph Report: Tesco: the giant canary in the mineAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00489507739203968378noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31735534.post-4180824899828774642014-10-24T22:27:42.051+01:002014-10-24T22:27:42.051+01:00Hi Robert - It's good to see more people openi...Hi Robert - It's good to see more people opening up and talking about all of this. What I am seeing day by day is also a lot of surprise by a number of smaller wine suppliers in the UK. Some of the UK grocery buyers expect the large companies (the big boys) that have the huge global cash flow (or who don't only sell wine) to fit the listing fees because they know that those products Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05778689736340226279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31735534.post-11836175718383496902014-10-24T11:59:17.053+01:002014-10-24T11:59:17.053+01:00Thank you for your kind comment and considered res...Thank you for your kind comment and considered response.<br /><br />My basic point is not that supplier contributions are bad per se. If they contribute to building the brand and sales. I actually like the Tesco Wine Fair model, for example. What I am questioning is the use of the contributions as a simple income stream.<br /><br />Also, I disagree regarding the fairness of dealing with the Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00489507739203968378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31735534.post-73845342095886960792014-10-24T10:44:46.978+01:002014-10-24T10:44:46.978+01:00A superbly written article as always Robert. But I...A superbly written article as always Robert. But I would like to make a couple of small points in defence of how the multiples have been behaving with their suppliers.<br />1) Producers/Suppliers, whether of brands or of own label, give incentives to their trade customers which are sometimes based on volume, sometimes based on building profile, sometimes based on eliminating the competition, Matt Dickinsonhttp://dickinson-associates.frnoreply@blogger.com