The 2 firms are engaged in a value dispute which Tesco mentioned it hoped can be “resolved quickly”.
Tesco mentioned it will not go on “unjustifiable value will increase” from suppliers to clients, echoing its sentiment when Kraft Heinz stopped the supply of some products to the grocery store.
Mars Petcare, which additionally produces Dreamies, Pedigree and Cesar, mentioned it couldn’t touch upon particular person industrial relationships or conditions however, talking typically, mentioned: “The pet meals business, like many others, is working in a risky context marked by wide-ranging inflationary pressures, and we proceed to soak up these rising prices as a lot as potential.”
The corporate harassed that its merchandise are nonetheless “broadly out there” within the UK.