'Start looking after customers,' the store manager urged Woolies and Coles Skippy's Fresh Frootz in Queensland sell produce for as little as 5c A family-owned fruit and vegetable shop has caught the attention of Australians for its outrageously cheap prices. Skippy's Fresh Frootz in Victoria Point, Queensland, is 'exposing' major supermarkets by selling produce for as little as 5c to …
Bob Katter has fired up in a verbal stoush with a political rival over a senate inquiry into the practices and power of supermarket giants. Mr Katter and Nationals senator Ross Caddell went head-to-head as the Queensland MP held a press conference at the Hotel Canobolas in Orange, Western NSW, to spruik a parliamentary bill into 'reducing supermarket dominance' on …
In short: Some Australian farmers are no longer supplying major retailers because of the widening gap between farm gate and supermarket prices. ACCC deputy chair Mick Keogh told the ABC the inquiry would examine whether supermarkets were treating "farmers and other suppliers fairly" and "reasonably pricing goods for consumers." "In the past, we supplied an agent, but now we just …
Aussie farmers claim families can save hundreds of dollars on fresh fruit and vegetables by buying them away from major supermarkets. Farmer Guy Gaeta has suggested a boycott of major supermarkets because he says they rip off consumers and farmers Independent grower Guy Gaeta claims families could save '50 or 60 per cent' on their fresh produce costs by shopping …
