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Price Caps On 30 Essential Items Could Be Introduced In QLD, Saving Us $1K Per Year & Thank Fk

Greens MP Amy MachMahon has proposed a policy that would add a price cap to 30 essential groceries in supermarkets across the state.

Pedestrian.tv · Jul 10, 2024

Greens' essential goods cap 'may lead to shortages'

A Queensland Greens plan to cap prices for essential groceries is set to save households cash at the checkout but an expert has warned it may lead to shortages.

AAP · Jul 9, 2024

Egg shortage: why the avian influenza outbreak has left shoppers and farmers shell-shocked

The financial impact on egg farmers, who are still paying off costs for the last high pathogenicity bird flu outbreak in 2021, could be severe

The Guardian - AU · Jul 5, 2024

Coles & Woolworths Won’t Be Forced To Break Up Their Pricey Love Affair As Senate Bill Fails

Supermarket duopoly Coles and Woolworths won't be forced to break up as the relevant Senate bill has failed.

Pedestrian.tv · Jun 26, 2024

Fines of $10 million will force supermarkets to think carefully before exploiting suppliers, but more could have been done

Suppliers of food and other products have been complaining for years about their treatment at the hands of Woolworths, Coles and Australia’s other big supermarket chains, although rarely to the supermarkets themselves – perhaps, as suggested in a recent Four Corners program, because they feared retribution.

The Conversation · Jun 24, 2024

Australia’s grocer chains face billion-dollar fines over supplier treatment

Violators of industry code of conduct to be subject to fines of up to 10 percent of annual turnover.

Al Jazeera · Jun 24, 2024

Cash still king as big business bails out Armaguard

Some of Australia's biggest companies have put their money where their mouth is by stepping in to save cash carrier Armaguard in a $50 million deal.

AAP · Jun 24, 2024

Supermarkets to face millions in fines under new code

Supermarkets could be hit with millions in fines in a government bid to make prices fairer for farmers and shoppers.

AAP · Jun 23, 2024

Supermarkets could face billions in fines for grocery code breaches as Labor commits to reforms

Government to adopt recommendations of conduct review in full amid consumer and supplier complaints about soaring profits

The Guardian - AU · Jun 23, 2024

Albanese government will impose mandatory code and big penalties to stop supermarkets treating suppliers badly

Supermarkets guilty of anti-competitive behaviour towards suppliers will face large penalties under a mandatory Food and Grocery Code of Conduct the Albanese government will implement.

The Conversation · Jun 23, 2024