Meet the ‘Yeah-buts’ - those who know plastic is bad for the environment, but can’t get behind the bag ban because it affects their own convenience. This mindset can stall the best-laid green plans.
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Social supermarkets help those struggling from food poverty – but they mask our broken food system.
The strong reaction to plastic bag bans is because consumers feel supermarkets violated an unspoken agreement.
Several large retailers and supermarkets have announced they are going to downsize to smaller stores.
What kind of ‘swiper’ are you? A typology of people who steal from supermarkets at self-service checkouts.
Facing stiff competition, the obvious solution is for Sainsbury’s and Asda to grow their customer base and revenues, while cutting their margins, through a merger.
A short history of Easter egg economics.
Coles plans to compete with competitors by moving away from low prices to a focus on other attributes, such as sustainability, local produce and community.
If you communicate carefully, big retailers will listen.
Food is just food … or is it?
The latest report from the Grattan Institute, finds that claims about Australia being dominated by oligopolies are overblown.
Victoria’s proposed ban on single-use plastic bags is a step forward, but what about all the other unnecessary packaging? A truly effective waste policy should offer a comprehensive plan for packaging.
Dave Lewis has dragged the supermarket clear of an accounting scandal. Now for the hard bit …
Banning single-use plastic bags makes sense, as long as it doesn’t usher in behaviours that are just as bad, or worse – like over-using heavier bags made of even more plastic.
Watch out for booming burger prices in barbecue season.
Amazon paid a premium to snap up the upscale grocery chain, so we asked an economist to help us better understand the deal and what it means.
While retailers, airlines and many other companies are embracing self-service, the numbers show it isn’t an easy win.
Waitrose has withdrawn its free coffee offer to loyalty cardholders – but on what grounds?
The upmarket store is reining in expansion but doubling down on value-added for its core clients.
Southern African economies need more organised and sustainable measures to increase the participation of emerging suppliers in supermarket value chains. This will help economic transformation.
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Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology
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