You mean the one that was resolved very quickly... Tesco and Unilever settle Marmite dispute Unilever has resolved its dispute with Tesco and says well-known brands including Marmite and Ben & Jerry’s will be back on the shelves. In a statement on Thursday afternoon, the food and household goods supplier said: “Unilever is pleased to confirm that the supply situation with Tesco in the UK and Ireland has now been successfully resolved. “We have been working together closely to reach this resolution and ensure our much-loved brands are once again fully available. For all those that missed us, thanks for all the love.” It emerged on Wednesday that Tesco was running low on a range of household brands from Marmite to Comfort fabric conditioner after a row with its major supplier. Unilever halted deliveries to Tesco after the supermarket refused to stump up across-the-board price rises of about 10% for its brands. A spokesperson for Tesco said: “We always put our customers first and we are pleased this has been resolved to our satisfaction.” The statement appears to suggest the two sides reached a compromise, although neither Tesco nor Unilever would confirm any details of their talks. The quick resolution of the row is good news for Tesco’s boss, Dave Lewis, who previously held a senior role at Unilever. Analysts said the public spat had worked out well for the supermarket, as tabloid newspapers widely portrayed Tesco as a people’s champion on low prices. Question: Do you think Tesco accepted a price rise in the end? If you think the answer is "no" then i suggest you go find a desert to bury your head in
I Know for a fact that they didn't I also know that Tesco boss, Dave Lewis (A yorkshireman), used to run Unilever's British business. He took the view Unilever was using the weakness of the pound as a pretext to make unreasonable demands, so he pulled the plug on their brands. Unilever shares lost £3bn on the markets and lots of the big players wanted the Unilever CEO to resign - instead he agreed to no price increases until July 2017 when they will be renegotiated. This sent a very powerful warning to other suppliers that might fancy their chances of passing their costs on. Glad I could help RDCM - what beach are you going to and can you take a photo as proof so we know you buried it
How many days away is July? A good piece of PR for Tesco but prices will still be going up even if your post is true.
The question was rhetorical! This is just a bit of made up PR bullshit to make Tesco look good and Unilever will get their price rise. As a leeds fan you should recognize corporate bullshit when you see it! Your wallie mate TC deals in it all the time and spouts it too readily to be taken seriously by intelligent people.
exactly... a complete non story. Tesco just got some free advertising and unilever will still get their price rise..... Wanna bet?.
So you also agree that RCDM is full of **** and needs to take a shovel to the beach. You are SLOWLY getting there
its a ploy... start high and settle for what you want.. In this hedging conversation unilever start at 10%, Tesco at 0% and they meet somewhere in the middle. Are you sure you are a banker?
FYI. The U.K. Is now officially the worst performing advanced economy in the world (not reported in the Daily Mail).
And its only going to get worse. Talking if which.... Wakey at least you know your future care needs will be taken care of. Shame the tory ****s are going to take you hard earned inheritence off your kids to pay for it. Vote Tory, are you sure?
Google set to invest a billion quid in the UK thanks to Brexit, they're creating thousands of jobs and opening their new HQ in Britian, you remoaning ****s can thank us when you've calmed the **** down
