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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.
- by Jessica Yun
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‘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.
- by Jessica Yun
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.
- by Jessica Yun
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.
- by Mike Foley and Jessica Yun
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.
- by Jessica Yun
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.
- by Jessica Yun
‘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.
- by Jessica Yun
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.
- by Ben Cubby
Shepparton Dan Murphy’s changes hands for $13 million
A Dan Murphy’s outlet supported by an Aldi supermarket and five speciality retailers in Shepparton has been sold for $13 million.
IGA value ‘fundamentally different’ to Coles and Woolies, says boss
Metcash says IGA stores have managed to hold on to most of the lockdown-affected households they picked up during the pandemic and that consumer demand remains steady despite successive rate rises.
- by Emma Koehn
‘Abundance’: From berries to lettuce, produce prices are coming down
Supermarkets and fresh produce sellers say shoppers can put shortages behind them, but growers warn La Niña could play spoiler this summer.
- by Emma Koehn and Jessica Yun
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