Grocery giants are accused of stifling other stores. Qld could step in

Queensland is considering how it can exert greater influence in the supermarket sector, including planning-related interventions for big retailers, and promotion of smaller counterparts where competition is lacking.

Senior figures from Woolworths and Coles – with 65 per cent market share between them – faced eight hours of questions on Monday. Tuesday saw smaller operators step up.– a government spokesperson said on Tuesday the advice confirmed the state had powers “to regulate price transparency, consumer information, and supermarket industry conduct”.

He pointed to examples on the Sunshine Coast, where Woolworths, Coles, or a developer on their behalf, bought up land in “paddocks” seeking to have them rezoned to build large stores and associated shopping centres, leaving existing, more central, ones to “wither on the vine”. Asked by Scott whether the Milton situation and expiring of IGA’s lease represented an instance of uncompetitive behaviour by Coles, public affairs head Adam Fitzgibbons said: “I think it represents the normal, ordinary course of commercial relationships.”

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