Recent reports show Woolworths and Coles are managing to hold smaller competitors at bay – in part by adopting a strategy from their rival, Aldi.
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The grocer offers low prices and plans to build its own distribution center.
The long-awaited, 441-page final report also doesn’t recommend new divestiture powers or breaking up the supermarkets.
Despite the hopes pinned on international supermarket brands, the answer to New Zealand’s supermarket woes lies with breaking up the companies that are already here.
By simplifying its range, Coles is moving a step closer to Aldi’s strategy.
The competition watchdog reported hearing ‘concerning’ reports from suppliers about being paid prices below the cost of production but having ‘little choice but to agree to highly unfavourable terms’.
Next time you go shopping, leave your checkbook at home.
Convenience stores are often there when we need them for some top-up shopping, but now they offer so much more.
Proposed toughening of the food and grocery code of conduct is long overdue. However, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will need to be well resourced to properly regulate the sector.
Suppliers and customers are squeezed harder in Australia than in other countries because Coles and Woolworths control 65% of the market.
Australia’s Soft Plastics Taskforce has been under pressure to fill the vacuum left by the demise of REDcycle. But this time the small trial announced for Melbourne has the potential to succeed.
Profits, not social justice, appear to be why the big grocers are dropping support for Australia Day. But creating a distraction when they’re being criticised for high prices is also possible.
Trademarking a shape of a product, or proving that a competitor is passing off their product as your own, is not easy. A high-profile settlement, though, is marketing gold.
Since opening its first Australian stores on January 25 2001, Aldi has profoundly influenced the supermarket landscape.
We surveyed over 100 Coles, Woolworths, Aldi and independent stores around Australia and found supermarkets are promoting unhealthy food much more often, and more prominently, than healthier products.
Supermarkets have been hit by multiple disruptions in the past couple of decades and they are struggling to survive.
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ALDI appeals to a particular market segment. It is unlikely to abandon it to go after Woolworths and Coles.
Some say the gig economy is capitalism’s final victory, but maybe it’s not.
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