Abstract
The retail market for food in the UK is dominated by a small number of large multiple retailers which have developed considerable brand loyalty through, amongst other things, the development of own-branded products. Own-branded products now represent in excess of 37 per cent of total grocery sales. However, the multiple food retailers have not integrated backwards into food manufacture but instead procure own-branded products from autonomous suppliers.
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Henson, S., Northen, J. (1999). The Role of Quality Assurance in Food Retailer-Manufacturer Relations: The Case of Food Safety Controls in the Supply of Retailer Own-branded Products in the UK. In: Galizzi, G., Venturini, L. (eds) Vertical Relationships and Coordination in the Food System. Contributions to Economics. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-48765-1_20
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