The Federal Government has been told to learn from an “episode of waste and mismanagement” in reference to the GroceryChoice debacle, while the role of the ACCC has come under fire. A leading...

As the Senate prepares to release their report into the GroceryChoice website, consumer group Choice has renewed its call for the major supermarket chains to offer consumers access to their prices online.Upon...

The Federal Government is moving with states and territories to ensure planning laws do not “unjustifiably restrict competition in grocery retailing”, Competition Minister Dr Craig Emerson...

New OECD price data has shown Australia to have the highest rate of food inflation since 2000, although it has begun to moderate over the past year. The data shows Australian food prices have risen by...

New legislation likely to be introduced in the ACT, that will render Coles, Woolworths and IGA ineligible to apply for certain sites, has been questioned by the competition watchdog. The changes to planning...

A policy review in the ACT is set to see Coles, Woolworths and IGA ineligible to bid for certain sites. Chief Minister and Minister for Business and Economic Development Jon Stanhope released the outcomes...

Attempts to improve the health of the nation may be limited by a lack of competition in the grocery sector, according to a new University of Queensland study. Lead researcher Jon Wardle, of UQ’s...

The UK appears set to push on with plans to introduce a competition test to limit the proliferation of the major supermarkets. The competition watchdog in the UK, the Competition Commission (CC), has formally...

A war of words is erupting between consumer group Choice and the leading representative of the major supermarket chains during a Senate inquiry into the failure of the GROCERYChoice website. GROCERYChoice,...

The Federal Government will be held to account for the failed attempt to set up a successful grocery price monitoring website. A Senate vote on Wednesday saw the Federal Opposition receive their wish for...