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Sarah Spina-Matthews

Supermarket profits could feed 1.5m needy kids

Coles and Woolworths' $5.3 billion in profits sufficient to fund free groceries, a think tank says. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

The combined profits of Australia's two biggest supermarket chains for one year were enough to feed more than 1.5 million needy children, a Greens-affiliated think tank says.

The analysis by the Green Institute is being used to bolster its case for a New York-style chain of government-owned supermarkets selling cheap groceries.

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