‘Not equipped to help’:Four things the ACCC supermarket inquiry did and didn’t hear

‘Not equipped to help’:Four things the ACCC supermarket inquiry did and didn’t hear

ACCC counsel assisting Naomi Sharp,SC,had plenty of questions in the supermarket inquiry hearings,but supermarket executives skirted around the answers at times.

  • byJessica Yun

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Buying fruit and veg without plastic wrapping? You’re paying extra for it

Buying fruit and veg without plastic wrapping? You’re paying extra for it

Supermarkets are charging shoppers more for loose produce than the same items covered in plastic.

  • byMike Foley
‘Technical limitation’:Why you can’t find most Aldi prices online

‘Technical limitation’:Why you can’t find most Aldi prices online

Aldi is Australia’s cheapest supermarket,and while it would like to put all its prices online,old website infrastructure is holding it back.

  • byJessica Yun
Aldi’s new ‘special buys’ are holidays,but are they actually bargains?

Aldi’s new ‘special buys’ are holidays,but are they actually bargains?

As travellers increasingly look for good deals and value holidays,the launch comes at a perfect time – but it pays to compare with other travel platforms.

  • byBrian Johnston
Aldi’s new deal is a great Australiana dream even Kath and Kim would love

Aldi’s new deal is a great Australiana dream even Kath and Kim would love

Shaping everything from meal choices to eco-conscious shopping trends,Aldi has evolved from shopper dockets and rewards to become a cultural institution at a time when our two majors are sinking.

  • byKate Halfpenny
Shrinkflation equation needs explanation

Shrinkflation equation needs explanation

Great planning means looking at infrastructure needs well into the future and that’s what the supermarkets are doing by buying up future sites,something governments are not good at doing – future hospitals,schools,and transport corridors left out of the equation.

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Australians are mad at the supermarkets,but not mad enough to shop elsewhere

Australians are mad at the supermarkets,but not mad enough to shop elsewhere

No matter what you do to encourage Australian shoppers to fill their trolleys with cheap groceries,we keep going back to the same supermarket duopoly.

  • byShane Wright
Supermarket CEOs to face second grilling as grocery prices rise 20% in 5 years

Supermarket CEOs to face second grilling as grocery prices rise 20% in 5 years

Woolworths,Coles,Aldi and Metcash chief executives will be summoned to front ACCC inquiry hearings due to begin in November.

  • byJessica Yun
Property investors are hardly hard done by

Property investors are hardly hard done by

I cannot feel sorry for Chirayu Shah and his poor,hard-done-by sons. He and others like him who are rich enough to put their spare cash into investment properties have been enjoying massive tax concessions for years.

Customers don’t enjoy being taken for mugs

Customers don’t enjoy being taken for mugs

Consumers don’t like to be exploited,treated like fools,taken for a ride or hit when they’re down.

Define ‘tree’:The fight over Woolworths’ eco-beef pledge

Define ‘tree’:The fight over Woolworths’ eco-beef pledge

Woolworths wants to sell beef that hasn’t been produced on farms that take part in “deforestation” – but no one can agree on the definition.

  • byMike Foley