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- Sep 20, 2024
- 6 pages
September
- Opinion
- Supermarkets
Supermarket pile-on is going to cause real harm
If the supermarkets are guilty, then throw the book at them. But it’s populist politics that is really at work here.
- Graeme Samuel
Woolworths and Coles could be ‘innocent’: Samuel
Graeme Samuel says the higher prices charged by the two major supermarkets could have been caused by suppliers, as the ACCC found the retailers have increased their earnings and operating margins over the past five years.
- Carrie LaFrenz and Tom McIlroy
August
- Updated
- Big four
Big business faces down Canberra’s ‘insidious’ populist policies
Commonwealth Bank chief Matt Comyn has warned “performative” attacks is eroding trust, highlighting the rising tensions between MPs and corporate Australia.
- Updated
- James Eyers, Carrie LaFrenz and Lucas Baird
- Exclusive
- Retail
Wesfarmers wants slice of retail media boom for Bunnings, Officeworks
The hardware and stationery giants have plans to enter the novel sector, joining Woolworths and Coles.
- Carrie LaFrenz and Sam Buckingham-Jones
Bread, milk, MAFS? Media giants want supermarkets to hire them
Nine Entertainment and oOh!media are pitching to work with IGA owner Metcash. Why? To capture some of an emerging market growing to $2.8b by 2027.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Metcash board splits on CEO’s pay
The first rule of directors club is that disagreements are best kept behind closed doors. Seems no one told Christine Holman.
- Myriam Robin
Shareholders move against Metcash as hardware spin-out hopes fade
Street Talk understands influential shareholders harbouring concerns about Metcash’s Independent Hardware Group as Wesfarmer’s Tool Kit Depot ramps up its national expansion.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
July
Supplier survey suggests Coles has outperformed Woolworths all year
Ahead of financial updates from the major supermarkets next month, suppliers say Coles and Aldi are picking up market share over their rivals, small and large.
- Carrie LaFrenz
- Updated
- Supermarket wars
Dutton’s break-up powers are populist ‘madness’: Kennett
Former Victorian Liberal premier Jeff Kennett said the Coalition’s plan to break up Coles and Woolworths was “madness” that demonised employers and would not bring down prices at the checkout.
- Tom McIlroy
Rising cheese prices bite into Domino’s earnings: Barrenjoey
Barrenjoey has slashed its earnings forecasts for Domino’s due to a slower store rollout, weak Japanese yen and rising cheese prices.
- Carrie LaFrenz
June
- Opinion
- Supermarket inquiry
Why this is a practical, workable supermarket code of conduct
The new code offers the best of both a mandatory and voluntary system of compliance for the supermarket giants.
- Craig Emerson
Metcash’s better than expected food results soothes hardware pain
Households are cutting back on restaurant visits and hunting for food on special at the group’s IGA stores, but Total Tools is being hit by the housing construction slide.
- Simon Evans
Coles and Woolworths supplier HS Fresh Food collapses
Disclosures show that the administrators, FTI Consulting, first discussed their appointment to help the ailing pre-packaged meals group 12 months ago.
- Simon Evans
Barrenjoey says ACCC overplaying Chemist Warehouse’s supply risks
The broker has told clients that the competition regulator has ignored independent wholesaler CH2 when warning the deal will mean less drug supply competition.
- Carrie LaFrenz and Jemima Whyte
May
- Opinion
- Retail
Half-priced detergent every few weeks? Shoppers can smell a rat
Deep food and grocery discounts have become increasingly popular with consumers, but the cost is unfairly borne by suppliers, prompting calls for change.
- Updated
- Sue Mitchell
April
Fix planning laws to improve supermarket competition, says Aldi boss
The German discount supermarket says state and local zoning laws are stopping its network of 600 outlets growing to areas like Tasmania.
- Tom McIlroy
- Opinion
- Supermarkets
Political brawls sweep the supermarket aisles
Supermarkets are once again an appealing target for politicians wanting to demonstrate their good intentions on helping consumers with cost-of-living pressures.
- Updated
- Jennifer Hewett
March
Metcash bungled a big IT project but execs still got bonuses for it
Metcash’s Project Horizon is a textbook case of how not to manage a large-scale technology project. Not that you’d know it from the remuneration reports.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
- Exclusive
- Political lobbying
PM’s former chief adviser guides Woolies through political crisis
Woolworths has hired Anthony Albanese’s former chief of staff, while Coles has a specialist well-known in C-suites and Canberra’s corridors of power.
- Updated
- Ronald Mizen
More Southern Cross shareholders back removing chair Rob Murray
Facing a new takeover offer from ARN Media and Anchorage Capital Partners, nearly 40 per cent of Southern Cross Austereo shareholders want to remove its chair.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones