For an eighth consecutive year Irish suppliers have scored Tesco Ireland as their retailer of choice for engagement and collaboration, according to a new ‘Voice of the Supplier Report’ from Advantage Group UK and Ireland.
Advantage Group International’s All-Ireland Voice of the Supplier fieldwork took place in October and November 2023, with over 550 respondents from over 400 manufacturer businesses providing their feedback across different businesses to business interactions.
In a highly competitive group of 16 retailers and wholesalers, Tesco Ireland achieved the highest engagement score when measured across four engagement drivers, partnership, execution, reputation, and vision.
With 33 competencies covering all aspects of the relationship between customer and supplier, Tesco’s leadership position was consistent, with strengths recognised by their suppliers in areas such as building trust with counterpart businesses, having an effective category management process, integrating their e-commerce strategy, and communicating their environmental, social and governance objectives.
Tesco Ireland Commercial Director, Joe Manning said: “We are delighted to once again to receive this vote of confidence from suppliers across Ireland, through the independent survey from Advantage. Once again, we’ve been recognised by our supplier partners as the number one retailer to do business with.
We take great care in the ways in which we collaborate and engage with our supplier partners and are always seeking new ways to improve that relationship. Our 1,000 plus network of suppliers are hugely important to our business, and it is heartening to know that they rate us so highly under these key competencies.”
Andrew Johnston, Advantage Group’s Ireland Country Manager said: “Our 2023 Ireland Voice of the Supplier Programme again saw a significant number of suppliers provide feedback on their customers engagement with their business. Congratulations to Tesco Ireland for being rated by suppliers as the best retailer to do business with. The Irish market is one of our most competitive and highest capability marketplaces, so to retain the leading position is a credit to Tesco’s breadth of capability across their go to market proposition.”
