Sentences with phrase «supermarkets against suppliers»

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When more than a third of your business is at risk if Australia's biggest supermarket chain takes you off the shelf you can understand why a supplier is reluctant to speak out against Woolworths.

The ACCC initiated legal action against Woolworths in December 2015, alleging that the supermarket acted unconscionably in requesting financial contributions from suppliers to help meet budgeted profit figures.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, which successfully pursued Coles in 2014, says while it can not confirm exact complaint numbers, it is seeing «far fewer supplier complaints against the supermarkets than a couple of years ago».

Complaints about the major supermarkets from their suppliers have slid since Coles admitted in court to 15 instances of unconscionable conduct against eight suppliers.

(b) Metcash has adopted a strategy of assisting independent retailers supplied by it to compete against the major supermarket chains in terms of both price and non-price factors.

A separate probe of alleged bullying tactics by the supermarket chains against suppliers is expected to be wound up by early next year or at least at a stage where the ACCC can make a public comment on the sensational investigation.