Yes, Australia’s big supermarkets have been price gouging. But fixing the problem won’t be easy
- Written by: Bree Hurst, Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Law, QUT, Queensland University of Technology
TK Kurikawa/ShutterstockA much-awaited report into Coles and Woolworths has found what many customers have long believed – Australia’s big supermarkets engage in price gouging.
What started as a simple Senate inquiry into grocery prices and supermarket power has delivered a lengthy 195-page-long report spanning supermarket...