This group does not stick to the Fair Trading Code, writes De Volkskrant Tuesday.
The newly merged company would want to enter the price cuts retroactively from January 1, but according to the code of conduct it should not.
The newspaper cites suppliers of Delhaize now sometimes 15 percent get more for their products than at Ahold. The new group will on all products will offer the lowest price and there is also talk of a lump sum payment for the higher prices charged vendors for 2016.
Negotiations
A spokesman for Ahold, Delhaize confirms that the company has entered into negotiations with the hundred largest suppliers. This is logical, says the company. Delhaize and Ahold each individual agreements with suppliers and the new merged group to harmonize these agreements.
The spokesman further stresses Ahold, Delhaize endorses the code of conduct. Statements about the negotiations are not done and the officer therefore can not answer the question whether the supermarket chain bet on a price reduction retroactive
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