Labor would target supermarkets price gouging customers but has stopped short of Peter Dutton’s populist plan to give regulators power to break up big chains.
Say goodbye to your local Vintage Cellars and First Choice Liquor Market. By the end of the year,they will be rebranded as Liquorland stores.
Australia’s biggest supermarkets maintain the sector is highly competitive,while a former ACCC chair has come out swinging against the watchdog’s recommendations.
Shoppers’ complaints that they are being burnt at the nation’s checkouts has been vindicated by a damning report by the consumer watchdog.
The embattled Genius Childcare boss and the companies he controls have racked up debts that might top $38 million,including with supermarket giant Coles and Nova radio station.
When it comes to after-dinner treats,two squares of dark chocolate a night will never be enough to cure our collective problems.
Bottled water and batteries were being stripped from supermarket shelves in the hours after Queensland Premier David Crisafulli told residents to “get prepared” for Cyclone Alfred.
Any hint that supermarket prices have gone up faster than the prices they paid to their suppliers will be seized upon as a treacherous betrayal of customers.
The nation’s second-biggest supermarket chain benefited from the troubles of its larger rival Woolworths,which saw its earnings plunge after a 17-day worker strike left shelves bare.
The Himalayan Rock variety may survive the great Coles salt cull of 2025. But there are 13 salt categories on offer and the lion’s share will be removed,as will,for example,some shampoos.