Sentences with phrase «supermarket price wars»

In the past, supermarket price wars have been a mostly smoke - and - mirror affair with prices slashed in one area, only to go up in another.

He refused to be drawn into specific questions relating to the supermarket price wars, petrol pricing etc..

It comes after a push by farmers for a mandatory code of conduct as they sought protection from price gouging in the light of the ongoing supermarket price wars.

Last Monday, Tesco — which has seen its profits tumble, faced with competition from budget stores Aldi and Lidl — fired the opening salvo in a supermarket price war that is almost certain to see milk prices falling again.

Multiple grocers diversifying into the wholesale market will drive competition up in the sector, just as the arrival of new grocery players triggered the supermarket price war.

The worst - case scenario is a full - blown supermarket price war coming on the heels of a turnaround phase where Woolworths has already invested heavily in price.

He also believed the brutal supermarket price war, which has lasted about four years between Coles and Woolworths, was not to blame.

Not exact matches

This, of course, is lousy news for supermarkets, whose profits are already being squeezed by price wars and flat sales.

Meanwhile the executives of other supermarkets no doubt have their head in their hands at the prospect of another price war.»»

A price war has raged in U.S. supermarket aisles for well over a year, bloodying retailers big and small.

In New Zealand there is no supermarket milk price war, and farmers are jubilant about their prospects.

For related news see, for example, AAP, «Senate announces inquiry into supermarket milk wars» (Herald Sun, 10 February); Sid Maher and Pia Akerman, «Farmers urge milk price revolt against Coles» (The Australian, 11 February 2011); Michael Harvey, «Senate announces inquiry into supermarket milk wars» (Herald Sun, 11 February) and «Labor rejects probe into milk price war» (ABC, 10 February)

Dairy farmers have called on the supermarkets to use their appearance before Senate to commit to ending the price war (ironically, much of this inquiry is about whether their conduct is anti-competitive; such a joint commitment would be the most overtly anti-competitive act to date).

Tesco's decision to increase the price of its standard milk — a move followed by other supermarket groups Morrisons, Waitrose and Sainsbury — has effectively ended the milk price war in the UK grocery trade.

The impacts of supermarket price decisions on the dairy industry This is the Senate Inquiry into «Milk Price Wars» Referred to Senate Economics Committee on 10 February price decisions on the dairy industry This is the Senate Inquiry into «Milk Price Wars» Referred to Senate Economics Committee on 10 February Price Wars» Referred to Senate Economics Committee on 10 February 2011.

Price cuts by British supermarkets and French cheese makers may be driving dairy industries in their respective countries towards a milk war.

But domestic - focused processors are under intense pressure as margins are sandwiched by the spiralling cost of milk and depressed prices on retail shelves due to a supermarket war between Coles and Woolworths.

The common theme lurking behind the milk price wars in supermarkets and the threatened beer price war in bottle shops is the full frontal attack on brand equity by Ian McLeod at Coles and Michael Luscombe at Woolworths.

Last July Jane became so outraged at the consequences to her industry of the $ 1 a litre milk price war between the supermarkets, that she fired off an angry post to the Facebook page of Coles.

Discusses impact of supermarket milk price war (several pages).

That this House: (1) notes with concern the impact on the Dairy Industry of the Coles milk pricing strategy and that: (a) dairy farmers around the country are today seriously questioning their future having suffered through one of the worst decades in memory including droughts, floods, price cuts and rising cost of inputs such as energy and feed; (b) unsustainable retail milk prices will, over time, compel processors to renegotiate contracts with dairy farmers and the prospect that these contracts will be below the cost of production may force many to leave the industry; (c) the fact that supermarkets are now selling milk cheaper than many varieties of bottled water will be the straw that finally breaks the camel's back for many dairy farmers; and (d) the risk of other potential impacts includes: (i) decreased competition as name brands are forced from the shelves; and (ii) the possible loss of fresh milk supplies to some parts of the country as local fresh milk industries become unviable; and (2) calls on the Government to: (a) ask the ACCC to immediately examine the big supermarkets and milk wholesalers after recent price cuts to ensure they do not have too much market power and are not anti-competitive in their behaviour; and (b) support the new Senate inquiry into the ongoing milk price war between the country's major supermarket chains».

A supermarket food price war and lower petrol price inflation are expected to have brought the headline consumer price index measure of inflation down for the sixth month running in March.

Aldi's Australian chief executive Tom Daunt has described the discount supermarket chain as being the piggy in the middle of a price war between the two Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more.

2018-04-08 17:32 Aldi's Australian chief executive Tom Daunt has described the discount supermarket chain as being the piggy in the middle of a price war between the two Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more.

Leading the way in the pre-release Sony PS Vita price wars, however, was supermarket chain Asda which is offering the new console for just # 197 both in store and online.

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Fast - food restaurants and supermarkets are slugging it out in price wars, while dollar stores keep popping up everywhere.

Not only has Wal - Mart grabbed a big share of the food buck, but the discount giant's aggressive development strategy also has sparked a price war between traditional supermarkets.