Corporate report

Groceries Code Adjudicator: statutory review, 2022 to 2025

Report setting out the findings and conclusions of the fourth statutory review of the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA).

• From: Department for Business and Trade
• Published: 14 April 2026

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Groceries Code Adjudicator: statutory review, 2022 to 2025

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-6313-7, E03564934

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Details

The Groceries Code Adjudicator Act 2013 requires the government to review the performance and effectiveness of the GCA.

This fourth review covers the period since the last review of the GCA and examines wider developments in the food supply chain and the GCA’s relationship with Defra’s Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator (ASCA).

The review was informed by:

• a public consultation
• evidence from the GCA’s annual reports
• the evidence from the GCA’s annual YouGov survey of suppliers held during the review period
• Parliamentary debates and the 2025 Environment Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Select Committee’s inquiry into fairness in the food supply chain

Published 14 April 2026