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Woolworths and Coles have stuck to their argument that the grocery sector is highly competitive.

Woolworths, Coles buck against ACCC findings of entrenched dominance

Australia’s biggest supermarkets maintain the sector is highly competitive, while a former ACCC chair has come out swinging against the watchdog’s recommendations.

  • Jessica Yun and Shane Wright

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The ACCC found the price of food, including cheese, milk and eggs, had increased far more than wages since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Checkout pain: Australia’s supermarkets among most profitable in the world

Shoppers’ complaints that they are being burnt at the nation’s checkouts has been vindicated by a damning report by the consumer watchdog.

  • Shane Wright, Jessica Yun and Millie Muroi
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
Ralph Kemmler, managing director of property at Woolworths, at the ACCC’s public hearing on Monday.

Woolworths not guilty of land-banking, says supermarket’s property boss

Former Woolworths executives including Brad Banducci returned to face questions from the competition watchdog about competition and pricing.

  • Jessica Yun
Aldi super market

‘Technical limitation’: Why you can’t find most Aldi prices online

Aldi is Australia’s cheapest supermarket, and while it would like to put all its prices online, old website infrastructure is holding it back.

  • Jessica Yun
Fancy an international holiday with your groceries?

Aldi’s new deal is a great Australiana dream even Kath and Kim would love

Shaping everything from meal choices to eco-conscious shopping trends, Aldi has evolved from shopper dockets and rewards to become a cultural institution at a time when our two majors are sinking.

  • Kate Halfpenny
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Anthony Albanese will announce new plans to target shrinkflation and its impact on shoppers.

Getting less for more: War on supermarkets shifts to shrinkflation scourge

The government is increasing its attention on the nation’s supermarket aisles, promising to make it easier to detect shrinkflation.

  • Shane Wright
Coles and Woolworths have interest in more 150 potential supermarket sites. They face government action to enable competitors to develop their own sites.

Coles and Woolies face fresh battle to keep competitors at bay

Just a week after the competition watchdog started legal action against Coles and Woolworths, the federal government is targeting their undeveloped supermarket sites.

  • Shane Wright and Millie Muroi

The cruellest part? Coles and Woolworths appeared to target battlers

In their duopoly, the big supermarkets have a licence to print money, which is premised on them not bleeding the Australian public dry.

  • Allan Fels
Australia’s largest supermarkets face billions in fines under the new mandatory code of conduct, if they abuse their relationship with suppliers.

Greens seek to cap cost of essential grocery items

The price of basic essential items such as milk, bread, eggs and nappies would be tied and linked to January 2024 wages so wages match price growth, the party says.

  • Fraser Barton

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