Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 26 March 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Groceries Sector: Discussion with Musgrave Group and Tesco

5:20 pm

Photo of Martin HeydonMartin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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Our guests seem to have missed out on answering most of the questions I asked. In the context of the bottom line when it comes to extracting better terms from suppliers when economies of scale have been exhausted, I referred to the problems with burgers produced by Silvercrest. I also inquired about the transportation of goods throughout Ireland, Tesco's view on the UK's groceries code adjudicator and whether the company demands large cash payments from suppliers.