Request for information regarding UK food production and Tesco profitability
Published 15 December 2023
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Sent by email 17 November 2023
Dear
Freedom of Information Act request to the Groceries Code Adjudicator
Thank you for your email dated 23 October 2023 to the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA). In your email you asked for the following information:
- The percentage of food grown by suppliers in the UK which was then sold versus the percentage which was wasted between the dates 1st January 2022 to 31st December 2022.
- For the time span of 1st January 2018 to 31st December 2022 and for these Tesco’s Own brand items: vegetable oil, Instant coffee, Mixed frozen vegetables, Pasta, Bread, Apples, Biscuits, Onions, Potatoes, Tomatoes, Breakfast cereal, Tomato ketchup, Bananas, Baked beans, Granulated sugar, Rice, the average profit made by these items at the various production stages; packaging, distributing, selling.
Duty to confirm or deny whether the GCA holds the information
Under section 1(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the FOIA ”), anyone making a request for information to the GCA, as a public authority, is entitled to be informed in writing whether it holds that information, and if so, to be supplied with it.
I can confirm that the GCA does not hold the requested information.
The role of the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) is to regulate the relationships between designated retailers and their direct suppliers by encouraging, monitoring and enforcing compliance with the Groceries Supply Code of Practice.
Appeals Procedure
If you wish to complain about the way in which your request for information has been handled, you may seek an internal review by writing, setting out the reasons you feel your request has not been dealt with effectively, to:
The FOI Review Co-ordinator
Groceries Code Adjudicator
7th Floor
25 Cabot Square
London
E14 4QZ
Alternatively, you can email: enquiries@groceriescode.gov.uk.
We will aim to deal with your Internal Review request within 20 working days of receipt or, if that is not possible, advise you of a date when we expect to complete the review.
If you are dissatisfied with the outcome of the Internal Review you then have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner’s Office. You can do this on the Information Commissioner’s Office website.
Yours sincerely,