More restrictive regulations for retailers?

The new season of annual negotiations between food retail chains and suppliers, which will begin at the end of 2008, could start with the more restrictive regulations for retailers. After the Parliament’s investigation committee presented the results of the probe into the retail segment that sells mostly food, the Chamber of Deputies decided to draft an emergency ordinance with new regulations for this field. ” 90% of the good practice code (signed by retailers and processors in the food industry in July), will be made into law, which we expect to come into force in November and could be improved afterwards. This is a fast solution that targets regulation of the market and which we believe can address the issues highlighted by the retail investigation committee,” said Sorin Minea, chairman of Romalimenta (the Federation of Romanian Food Industry Business Owners). One of the conclusions of the probe was that beyond the obvious positive aspects, modern retail also has a series of medium and long-term traps and risks.