A troubling trend has emerged in agriculture: farmers are stuck with heaps of unsold produce, often left to rot because big supermarkets refuse to buy them. Rachel Chambers, the Queensland Fruit and Vegetable Growers chief executive, has sounded the alarm, accusing these major retailers of intentionally flooding the market with excessive quantities of food, leading […]
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Hopes of relief for household budgets from high food and grocery prices have been shattered as investment bank UBS issued a warning that food inflation reached a record high of 9.6% in April. This surge in prices is attributed to ongoing challenges in the supply chain and labour market, causing inconvenience and expense for shoppers.
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Big retailers are sizing down, with supermarket brand IGA and furniture retailer Ikea both offering up small scale versions of their stores. IGA has announced it will be opening up and rebranding 400 stores across the country as IGA Local Grocers – a small-format supermarket under 500 square metres. “We try as much as we
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Independent supermarket retailers are set to end their long practice of multi-employer agreements because the test for approving the deals is too strict to allow the flexibilities they want. Master Grocers Association has been consulting dozens of IGA and Foodland stores on whether they want to terminate expired multi-employer agreements that deliver flexibility on penalty
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Woolworths will soon overhaul its reusable shopping bag policy in WA in response to new legislation. Woolworths will introduce major changes to its reusable shopping bags over the coming weeks as part of a broader sustainability push. The retail giant will stop selling its 15 cent reusable plastic bags across all WA stores in July,
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Supermarkets and retailers are calling for a wage freeze for essential workers despite soaring cost-of-living pressures that are eating into pay packets. The Master Grocers Association, which represents brands such as IGA, FoodWorks and hardware chain Mitre 10, is warning against any increase in the minimum pay as the federal government spruiks real wage growth
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Key points: Big businesses in regional Queensland could be eligible for Sunday trading come August 2023 The decision is one of nine recommendations following a parliamentary inquiry Both sides of the Sunday trading debate say they are disappointed with the inquiry’s outcomes Small retailers in regional Queensland have been given until August 2023 to prepare
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