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Flavio Macau, Associate Dean, School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University

Why Woolworths and Coles are now selling thousands more ‘own brand’ products

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When Aldi opened its first supermarket in Sydney in 2001, the stage was set for a fight with Woolworths and Coles. At the time, Australia’s two biggest supermarkets controlled about 71% of the grocery market.

Aldi was an unknown brand, stocked fewer products than its rivals, and premium real estate was already taken.

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