The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) today announced it is appealing against the Federal Court’s judgment dismissing the ACCC’s application to prevent grocery and hardware wholesaler Metcash from acquiring the Franklins supermarket business. ACCC Chairman Rod Sims said today, “We are appealing this case for two reasons. First, because of the adverse effect of the proposed acquisition on independent supermarket retailers, consumers and competition in the New South Wales... ...Read more »

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has accused some of Australia’s best-known chicken brands of making misleading promotional claims for sell their chicken products. The ACCC has instituted proceedings in the Federal Court against Baiada Poultry Pty Ltd and Bartter Enterprises Pty Ltd which supply chickens nationally under the Steggles brand, as well as Turi Foods, which supplies La Ionica brand meat chickens in New South Wales and Victoria, and the Australian Chicken Meat... ...Read more »

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has instituted legal proceedings in the Federal Court, Melbourne, against two Victorian meat retailers alleging false and misleading representations about meat claimed to originate from King Island, Tasmania. The ACCC alleges that Hooker Meats Pty Ltd trading as ‘Peninsula Bulk Meats’, misrepresented in newspaper advertisements and on their website that meat they supplied was grown on King Island. The ACCC also alleges that Kingisland... ...Read more »

Amcor may not have been fined by the ACCC for the much publicised collusion with Visy, but they could still receive a heavy penalty as the fallout from the cartel arrangement continues to haunt. The packaging giant is set to face the courtroom this week to battle claims made by key customer Cadbury, with the damages case that was first filed in December 2006 to finally make it to the courtroom on Wednesday. The UK-based confectioner is seeking damages of $235.8 million for allegedly paying higher... ...Read more »

Cadbury’s court battle with packaging firm Amcor has again been delayed, with the damages case that was first filed in December 2006 still yet to make it to the courtroom. The UK-based confectioner is seeking damages for allegedly paying higher prices for cardboard boxes, cans and PET products as a result of collusion between packaging heavyweights Visy and Amcor. The $120 million claim centres on the much publicised cartel arrangement* between the two packaging firms, which Cadbury suggests... ...Read more »