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IGA operator Metcash chief executive Doug Jones.

IGA picks up more foot traffic as more Australians shop local

The independent grocery chain’s operator Metcash says customers shopping around for value were happy to look beyond the two major players - Woolworths and Coles - for everyday items. 

  • Jessica Yun

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Woolworths boss Amanda Bardwell at the ACCC hearing.

‘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.

  • Jessica Yun
Woolworths chief executive Amanda Bardwell, ACCC deputy chair Mick Keogh and Coles chief executive Leah Weckert.

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.

  • Jessica Yun
Metcash group CEO Doug Jones

‘Not sure that could be justified’: Metcash boss questions billion-dollar penalties

IGA operator Metcash is facing tougher supermarket regulations and battling to win over price-conscious shoppers amid an 15.5 per cent uptick in private-label sales.

  • Jessica Yun
Metcash Food boss Grant Ramage during a Senate inquiry hearing into supermarket prices on Thursday 11 April 2024.

Woolworths and Coles are hoarding land, IGA operator tells Senate inquiry

The boss of Metcash Food calls for even stronger merger laws, while Aldi Australia’s boss explains why it has no stores in Tasmania.

  • Jessica Yun
The Albanese government says its supports recommendations for a mandatory code of conduct for major supermarkets.

Supermarket prices under pressure in new grocery code

Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the government would reform competition rules for supermarkets to drive down prices and address claims of market manipulation.

  • Mike Foley and Jessica Yun
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Metcash boss Doug Jones announced three acquisitions on Monday.

Metcash makes $560 million bet on food services, hardware

The IGA operator is looking to expand by acquiring a major foodservice distribution business and two hardware suppliers.

  • Jessica Yun
Richard Murray, who has held CEO positions at Premier Investments and JB Hi-Fi, has been appointed to lead Metcash’s Total Tools brand.

New year, new boss: IGA operator Metcash kicks off 2024 with leadership refresh

Premier Investments’ former chief executive Richard Murray will start in his new job at Total Tools at the end of this month.

  • Jessica Yun
IGA operator Metcash chief executive Doug Jones.

‘We’re not naive’: The plan to fix IGA’s ‘price perception’

Metcash CEO Doug Jones wants to see IGA become Australia’s supermarket of choice as it lowers prices to compete more fiercely with Coles and Woolworths.

  • Jessica Yun
Mathew Manson the Royal Easter Show this year, with pet dingo Buddy.

He promised a billion trees to save koalas. It’s just going to ‘take a while’

Mathew Manson has left a string of puzzled customers in his wake, including a luxury watchmaker, a deodorant entrepreneur and a team of Easter Show face painters.

  • Ben Cubby

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