supply chain management in the prime lamb industry tender plus a success story sue johnson 1 brent mcleod 2 vince vaina 3 university of sydney orange product development officer nsw agriculture joint managing director tenderplus sjohnson usyd edu au abstract traditionally fresh food industries have lagged behind other consumer goods their approach to marketing and integration generally are resigned being commodity traders retailers worldwide increased dominance within clairs 2001 argued that 10 years 5 retail chains would dominate global retailing australia three big supermarket subsidiaries had 40 grocery market 1970 yet by 1998 99 share moved 80 affa abare 2000 uk four account for two thirds all sales fearne & hughes 1999 australian is rapidly growing especially export arena has companies rising challenge domination place this paper looks depth at one such company it profiles relationships factors which provided