Asda forced to repay suppliers after breaching fair dealing code

Grocer breached ‘overarching principle of fair dealing’, says industry regulator – but report stops short of calling for inquiryAsda has been forced to pay back hundreds of thousands of pounds to dozens of suppliers after breaching an industry code governing fair dealing.The company, named as the worst supermarket in its treatment of suppliers earlier this year, was found to have demanded up front payments worth up to a quarter of the value of annual sales of particular product