Run. I have to deliver.
Retail-ready checklist
Everything a UK brand needs before a supermarket buyer meeting.
- Format
- Printable checklist
- For
- Food, drink and consumer goods founders.
- Licence
- Free forever. Use it, change it, use it in paid work. Don't resell it as yours. The licence
What's inside
Ten parts: product and legal, labels, barcodes and product data, food safety, the price ladder, supply, marketing, the buyer pack, your rights, and the first 90 days after listing. It takes a UK brand from a good product to one a retail buyer can list.
How to use it
- Clear Parts 1 to 4 before you ask for a meeting. They are the ones that stop a listing.
- Fill in the price ladder per unit, with a full year of promotions in it.
- Build the buyer pack from Part 8, and go in with a clear ask.
- Know your rights under the Groceries Supply Code of Practice before you sign anything.
Get it
Retail-ready checklist goes on the shelf soon. Nothing to fill in until then.
Sources
- GOV.UK: Register a food business
- GOV.UK: Food labelling and packaging
- GOV.UK: Restricting promotions of products high in fat, sugar or salt, implementation guidance
- GOV.UK: Less healthy food or drink, advertising and promotions restrictions
- GOV.UK: Groceries Code Adjudicator, about us
- GS1 UK: Get a barcode