Tesco now controls over 30% of the grocery market in the UK. In 2011, the supermarket chain announced profits of £3.4bn. Growing evidence indicates that Tesco's success is partly based on trading practices that are having serious consequences for suppliers, farmers and workers worldwide, local shops and the environment. Read our demands

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NEWS ROUND-UP

'Stop supermarkets abusing their buyer power' at EU level
Make Fruit Fair are asking for help with their final push to reach 10,000 signatures on a petition calling for European regulation of supermarket buyer power.

The international reach of many retail chains means that wider EU measures are needed to ensure fair practices for workers, small producers and consumers. We are keen to mobilise consumers in the UK to take action to defend the rights and livelihoods of those employed along supermarket supply chains.

Please sign their petition at http://stopsupermarkets.makefruitfair.org.uk/.

Supermarket Watchdog - announced in Queen's Speech
Tescopoly welcomes the government’s commitment in the Queen’s Speech to introducing a Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill to establish a new independent ombudsman to ensure supermarkets treat suppliers fairly. A wide range of groups are calling on the Government to pass the Bill without delay - please see www.supermarketwatchdog.org

Tesco tears up plans for new superstores
Tesco has put all new plans for superstores on hold for the next three years as it takes action to turn around its fortunes, according to an article in The Independent on Sunday, 15th April 2012.