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Fines of $10 million will force supermarkets to think carefully before exploiting suppliers, but more could have been done

Suppliers of food and other products have been complaining for years about their treatment at the hands of Woolworths, Coles and Australia’s other big supermarket chains, although rarely to the supermarkets themselves – perhaps, as suggested in a recent Four Corners program, because they feared retribution.

The Conversation

Australia’s grocer chains face billion-dollar fines over supplier treatment

Violators of industry code of conduct to be subject to fines of up to 10 percent of annual turnover.

Al Jazeera

Cash still king as big business bails out Armaguard

Some of Australia's biggest companies have put their money where their mouth is by stepping in to save cash carrier Armaguard in a $50 million deal.

AAP

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Coles, Woolworths could face billions in fines under Labor’s new supermarket code

The maximum penalty may amount to 10% of a year’s financial turnover, which for Coles and Woolworths could be billions in fines.

Crikey

Supermarkets to face millions in fines under new code

Supermarkets could be hit with millions in fines in a government bid to make prices fairer for farmers and shoppers.

AAP

Supermarkets could face billions in fines for grocery code breaches as Labor commits to reforms

Government to adopt recommendations of conduct review in full amid consumer and supplier complaints about soaring profits

The Guardian - AU

Albanese government will impose mandatory code and big penalties to stop supermarkets treating suppliers badly

Supermarkets guilty of anti-competitive behaviour towards suppliers will face large penalties under a mandatory Food and Grocery Code of Conduct the Albanese government will implement.

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Unstuck: the toxic truth behind the plastic sticker on your fruit

Bans are looming, so the industry is researching alternatives.

The Canberra Times

Making ends meat: Australians can save up to $20 a kg by changing where they shop

Guardian Australia visited a range of stores and found red meat and fish can still be affordable during the cost-of-living crisis

The Guardian - AU

ASX finishes higher as end of financial year looms

Australian shares have finished up 0.3 per cent to gain 0.8 per cent for the week as the clock ticks down on the financial year.

AAP

England hit new low with dire performance too bad to be boring

Such was the amusing ineptitude on show, it felt like watching a Woolworths 1990s football bloopers video

The Guardian - UK

Aldi Is Officially Australia’s Cheapest Supermarket By A Not-Too-Shabby $17 Per Shop

Just don't accidentally buy a washing machine in the middle aisle.

Pedestrian.tv

Aldi stores help keep prices down at Coles, Woolworths

Research from consumer group Choice has revealed customers are paying $17 less for groceries on average at Aldi compared to major supermarkets.

AAP

Australia’s biggest companies made nearly $100bn in ‘crisis profits’ amid Covid and Ukraine war

Oxfam analysis finds Woolworths, Hancock Prospecting and NAB among companies to rake in much higher profits off the back of crisis conditions

The Guardian - AU

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Australian supermarket liquid chicken stock taste test: ‘A product literally made from chicken does not taste so’

While sipping a dozen chicken and ‘chicken-style’ liquid stocks and bone broths, Nicholas Jordan discovers few products taste good – and the stock standard is bad

The Guardian - AU

Cheap, cheerful and booming: the Australian stores selling food at huge discounts

Customers at shops like Cheaper Buy Miles and Beyond Best Before can find food items nearing their best-before date at a fraction of supermarket prices

Newcastle Herald

How supermarket loyalty schemes go too far and scare off shoppers

'I've been shopping there for decades, but not anymore'

Crikey

Have pity on the poor food multinationals, as they gouge their way around the world

While food and beverage multinationals treat Australians like mugs, life’s a bit tougher in Europe where price gouging is taken seriously.

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The Guardian - AU

‘You either love or hate Aldi, don’t you?’ How the discount supermarket built a cult following in Australia

Facebook fan groups, wearable merchandise and the famed middle aisle. At a time when trust in supermarkets is dwindling, how did the German chain become so popular with Australian shoppers?

AAP

Supermarkets defend salmon supplies with skate on skids

With extinction a real possibility for an ancient Tasmanian species, supermarkets are defending the credentials of the farmed salmon it accepts from the state.

Pedestrian.tv

Woolies Slammed By Customer Claiming Their 1kg Of Minced Meat Is A Rip-Off To The Tune Of 200g

Now we've got beef.

Newcastle Herald

Construction begins on Watagan Park town centre shopping precinct

The shopping centre will span 2500-square-feet.

The Guardian - AU

Australian supermarket sliced cheese taste test: ‘Like eating a reconstituted swamp of plastic and milk’

Some are cheddar, some are tasty and some are terrible. Nicholas Jordan samples more than a dozen types of sliced cheese to find an inoffensive, easy-to-use square for busy schedules – and future sandwiches.

AAP

IKEA to piece together electric truck charging network

The Swedish furniture giant will install chargers for electric vans and trucks at all of its local stores in a move designed to inspire low-emission deliveries.

AAP

Smaller grocers 'annihilated' by retail giants tactics

IGA and Foodworks have told Queensland's supermarket pricing inquiry many of their businesses are being forced to close due to tactics of major retailers.

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