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ACCC to live stream supermarkets enquiry

Inside Retail

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will live stream its upcoming public hearings for the supermarkets enquiry, scheduled from November 7 to 22. Key players from the supermarket industry, such as Aldi, Coles, Metcash, and Woolworths, will participate alongside consumer advocates and industry representatives.

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LaManna’s CEO on curating a personalised supermarket experience for the holidays

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LaManna, the 10,000sqm independent supermarket located at Essendon Fields, is rising to the Christmas occasion. Inside Retail : How has LaManna differentiated its holiday season offering from other supermarkets? IR : How does the supermarket have to prepare/work differently during the month of December as opposed to other months?

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Majority of Australians blame supermarkets for cost of living crisis

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A majority of Australians blame supermarkets, at least in part, for the rising cost of living in the country, a survey shows. The Australia Institute’s Carmichael Centre/Centre for Future Work surveyed 1014 participants and found that 83 per cent largely or somehow blame supermarkets for inflation.

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Coles revenue up amid positive supermarket, liquor sales growth

Inside Retail

Coles booked higher revenue in the first half, thanks with both supermarket and liquor sales increasing. The supermarket and liquor retail operator’s revenue grew 3.7 billion, with supermarket turnover up 4.3 per cent to $23.04 per cent to $20.63 billion and liquor sales up 0.8 per cent to $2 billion. per cent to $2.05

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ACCC urges 20 reforms to fix supermarket competition but says ‘no silver bullet’

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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has published its final report following a year-long inquiry into the countrys supermarket sector. The report includes 20 recommendations to increase competition and price transparency for consumers and suppliers.

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Woolworths and Coles drew consumer ire for cost-of-living pressures in 2024

Inside Retail

Woolworths and Coles, Australias supermarket goliaths, have gone from Covid-19 heroes to cost-of-living villains in the last two years. The timing of the inquiries for the supermarket sector was also not ideal with changes of leadership at Woolworths, Coles, Metcash, Costco and Aldi. billion, but booked provisions worth $1.6

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Coles, Woolworths to defend class actions over discount promotions

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Coles and Woolworths said they will defend the class action proceedings a law firm has filed in the Federal Court of Australia concerning the supermarket chains’ allegedly false discounts. “Woolworths Group intends to defend the class action proceeding,” said Woolworths. .