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From reading other threads here, it got me thinking how in the past companies like Coles and Woolworth used to sell name brand goods which were usually "made in Australia" and buying imported food was considered something of a luxury.
Then came the discounted own brands like No frill, Cole own brand and Woolies Home brand. At the time the whole exercise was to bring us cheap affordable locally sourced foods or so we all thought. Looking back now in the grand scheme of this I can see they set themselves up to control the food industry, gradually swapping country of manufacturer to offshore. As the no name brands flourished the prices steadily climbed, all at the same time the supermarkets were replacing the name brands with their own varieties. These days most of the supermarket chains have their own high priced products taking most of the space and deleting the competition. So here we are now in 2023 with less choice of food we can buy, less choice of where it is sourced and what's left of the local manufacturing/processing industry trying to negotiate and compete on a fair selling point. Next time you venture down the isles of the big 2 have a good look at where this stuff comes from and who's name is on the label. Thoughts....??
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Support ya locals. That's my thoughts.
It's been going on for years. 'own brand' products coming from OS.
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Would be nice if local producers could get their goods direct to the consumer in smaller quantities, without needing to rely on a duopoly.
If they could get the distribution down they'd be able to make more money on their produce while consumers pay less for it rather than ![]() ![]() Made in Australia from 0% Australian ingredients, it's just like my parents ![]() |
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alot of our own made brands got sold off as well.
I know my wife tries her best looking for Oz made product but the trouble is also time. You going to 2/3 even 4 sources depending the items of need diets/pallets and importantly quality. When in a rush I expect most just jump into the first place that has ease of parking and source even though its not the usual brand you'd buy as well. Yer very wrong Own branding when its most imported. Seafood I make sure we always buy Aussie - prawns especially bugger the imports but it get exxy at times. This is the big prob, price. Another challenge we have is "gluten free" lines. I've justed emailed a company that quotes Australias Gluten Free shop, asking how many of their items are actually Oz made and if so please provide the list. Be curious once they send the reply.
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no different to our car industry
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My point is homebranding is no longer cheaper and is in the majority in those 2 stores. Aldi for instance has never advertised as a "brands" store and sold their own line. (cheaper) Where as Woolie / Coles often bitched about the Aldi model yet this what they are now doing but without the lower prices. Laugh at Franco's picture. Personally do all the shopping myself at IGA and local stores only, so its easy to find proper made in Oz stuff. Thing I'll look for is the company address on the label like Franco's example. If it's something like Macquarie st $ydney they are usually middle men. Same at country markets, usually wander to look at the trucks parked behind to see where what the name on the door say come from a big city, nah middle men flogging stuff that's from the country goes to the city and re sold back out here.
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I always try and buy the aussie grown/produced product when I shop. Most of my goods are from Woolworths (or Safeway for Franco's benefit
![]() I'm finding that a larger percentage of the no name stuff is made in Australia compared to the branded stuff. A couple of quick examples off the top of my head:
I've been thinking about starting up an Aussie product thread where we could all share tips about aussie made products that we've found. Try finding an aussie made toothpaste in your supermarket for example! If there's enough interest, I'll kick that off.
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I get my rump from KFL, small local asian grocery chain, $18/kg. Sourced from Australian farms. In fact, most of their fresh produce are sourced local. Red and white grapes $1.99/kg. Amazing. Not sure where the ones in colesworth come from but at 26/kg for the steak and $5/kg for grapes, as a comparison, I don't even look.
We are being ripped by the big chains. Local produce shouldn't be so expensive.
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Yep, I know that SPC sell canned local product, but with volumes I consume, I find that I end up throwing out more from the opened can than I consume. Doesn't seem like a sustainable approach to me (and I HATE wasting otherwise perfectly good food when there's so many people who can't even afford to feed themselves properly). Frozen is a good option for me and buying a locally sourced product is a good compromise. Not to say that it suits everyone, but it works best for me.
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Personally I like to buy fresh in season on demand not tinned or frozen but that's just me.
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If i had a product, theres no way id want it in Coles/Woolworths.
Get it in there, then they screw you on price. Id be getting it into the independents like IGA and stuff. The big 2 are just too much of a hassle to 1, get in. 2 Get reasonable return. Thats why you see so many local* products in stores that in most instances never stay in the range. Another reason for this is most of the smaller business' cannot afford to pay for the shelf space. So they get a rubbish location in the range layout and no one can see it. *local as in most of the smaller local products are only ranged to the stores in the nearby area.
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Home brands used to be the cheap end of the market. Coles worth have spent the last 10years moving their home offer upmarket. They don’t care if you love CSR sugar, they make more margin contracting out coles brand sugar to the same factory.
Any foodland or drakes looks like a continental store nowadays, when that’s how all supermarkets used to look with known brands.
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I remember 15/20 odd years ago, many Homebrand products were sold at a loss.
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They keep the other Aussie brand CSR. It's possible that the markup is more on CSR than it was on Bundy.
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Get your shooters or fishing license.
Learn to grow your own food. Purchase with cash when you can. Don't use automated checkouts. Read books. I remember a couple years ago I needed to withdraw over 1k so I went into the bank and explained my story. She told me next time you can withdraw that amount and more from an ATM. I told her I'd rather come in and keep you in a job and she said '' I've been hearing this for the last 20 years ''... I quickly replied that's why you're working on your own and all those other 6 check-outs are empty. You should have seen the bemused look on her face. 20 years in her own job and still doesn't get it. |
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Own brand products however, they made a 50% margin. Came from the same manufacturers and factories as the branded stuff most of the time, but just a bit lower quality e.g. smoked salmon, the branded got prime cuts nicely sliced, whereas own brand may have had some off cuts or maybe some slices that weren't sliced to perfection, all came from the same factory, that kind of stuff. The prices for own brand stuff was typically 30-40% cheaper. It got a lot of people through the GFC austerity measures at the time. Own brands are awesome if done right, everyone wins, company makes better margins, and people who want a cheaper but slightly lower "quality" product were able to do so. Brands never really complained either, cos there were enough toffs who wanted the high end stuff.
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As for slightly lower quality. There was a name brand canneloni meal. Was great. Coles brings out their home brand canneloni. It was an abomination, a bit cheaper, but not so much cheaper it was comparable to the rubbish quality. Not long after, the name brand was gone, and only the home brand was sold. Consiering the dubious conduct our duopoly has been engaged in for the last 2 decades, they simply cant be trusted to do the right thing by consumers. If they're going to be allowed to sell home brands, then there should be a local content quota much as there is in the ****ty TV shows we watch. Food security will only continue to become a more and more important issue, and once we become dependent on imports, there's no going back. |
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I regularly eat canned fruit, and I've noticed that the Woolworths branded product is Australian made, whilst the Coles branded stuff comes from china, and funnily enough, there is a noticable difference in taste between the two
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I wonder for how much longer it will be without following their competitor.
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We have Spudshed in WA, started buying fruit and vege from them once out local market stall guy sold up and his stall shut down
But saying that we're buying more stuff from them now over Colesworthes
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So Colesworth is screwing all tiers then, the suppliers, middlemen and consumers. I guess thats the price we pay for being small, no one wants to invest and start up competition against the big 2 in any meaningful way because the ROI isn't there. Going back to Aussie made, I still can't wrap my head around why local fresh produce have a premium on the price. You go to the farmers markets, there is a big premium on staple goods. You go to the stand alone butchers and fruit & veg shops out in whoop whoop, and more often its more expensive than the supermarkets. How can that be? $9 for a loaf of country baked bread! Eeeek! With the recession coming, these shops won't be able to compete.
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The very reason your local butcher can’t compete with the corporates is 3 letters!
JBS The virtual monopoly this Brazilian behemoth has in Australia is criminal. https://amp.abc.net.au/article/100997044 https://au.news.yahoo.com/amphtml/wo...070702288.html
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As Boson reply says it's the beardy weirdy mob driving up the market stalls prices. Can you remember the organisation like the CWA and quality cakes they would sell at the local markets. Now its all craft beer, $2 Chinese junk and Emma's fairy cake stalls trying to infiltrate country markets. And as previously mentioned have a quick look at the trucks parked behind the markets to see where some of these stall holders have come from. Some drive from cities or far and beyond to flog their wares, me I buy from locals within the North East or whatever local sellers depending my location at the time. As for butcher shop quality and price it doesn't compare to crappy supermarket cryovac packaged stuff.
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