Why dont Aussie supermarkets support Aussie farmers?

beiffe · Guru

RE: Why dont Aussie supermarkets support Aussie farmers?

Aus-Kiwi · Guru

Yes like the Japanese farms up in Queensland.. They have there OWN abattoirs and sell to Japan at something like 50c a KG
so they PAY bugger all tax here.. Yet the same meat is worth $100 a KG in Japan..
Taking us for fools...

Glenelg · Guru

this was in Adelaide Advertiser today. these are helping the farmers in SA

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Plendo · Guru

Coles and Wollies are just businesses getting pushed harder and harder to make a buck for their owners, typically the super funds. The people who are making these decisions are not villains, they are just doing what they have to do to make a living.

The real problem is that we here in Australia have become used to living way above our means, this in turn has driven a need for higher incomes, and more of the income being spent on discretionary luxury items, thus we want to get paid more, and pay less for what we need to buy.

Add on to that the relative strength of the Aussie buck, and we are in trouble.

Even when we can make something for a competitive price we have trouble selling it overseas, as our processing does not meet the stringent food safety requirements (recent case with infant formula exports into China).

Why would ANY business buy and stock a product when there competitors are selling an equivalent product for less than they can buy it for?

I think we need to accept that our high standard of living is crucifying the competitiveness of anything made here.

It is only going to get worse before it gets better!

I just hope we have not forgotten how to grow and make things by the time it makes sense for us to do it again.

PJK · Senior Member

Plendo wrote:
Coles and Wollies are just businesses getting pushed harder and harder to make a buck for their owners, typically the super funds. The people who are making these decisions are not villains, they are just doing what they have to do to make a living.
The real problem is that we here in Australia have become used to living way above our means, this in turn has driven a need for higher incomes, and more of the income being spent on discretionary luxury items, thus we want to get paid more, and pay less for what we need to buy.
Add on to that the relative strength of the Aussie buck, and we are in trouble.
Even when we can make something for a competitive price we have trouble selling it overseas, as our processing does not meet the stringent food safety requirements (recent case with infant formula exports into China).
Why would ANY business buy and stock a product when there competitors are selling an equivalent product for less than they can buy it for?
I think we need to accept that our high standard of living is crucifying the competitiveness of anything made here.
It is only going to get worse before it gets better!
I just hope we have not forgotten how to grow and make things by the time it makes sense for us to do it again.

Spot on Plendo - we, especially the younger generations, want to buy cheap, but get paid top dollar.

Until we are all prepared to pay a bit extra for genuine Aussie made or grown, we are just fuelling the fires of the overseas companies.

Also, the Govt should have more stringent rules for Foreign ownership. If that means you can't sell your 3 bedroom house in Sydney, or your small farm in the country, for over $1M, bad luck.

Now, IIRC I have a flame proof suit here somewhere.

Peter

PJK

graham (chickenman) · Senior Member

Upon doing my shopping at Woolies in Whyalla today friday, I left a bag behind and I rang the store wheni got back to my van and they said yes its still there ,as I explained the products I am missing.

But being app 40 km out of town a 80 km return trip I have to go back into Whyalla tomorrow, using app $16.00 of fuel to pick up items of app $14.00 or $16.00 in value.

Why cant they have where the bags are packed at the checkout with a type of scales that stop the scanner from scanning the next customer until all the bags are cleared from the previous customer?

So I guess it was the checkout girls fault or mine i don't know but I know I am going to be a extra $16.00 out of pocket in which I do my shopping every fortnight by doing 2 trips for my fortnights shopping?

(Not happy Jan) furious

-- Edited by graham (chickenman) on Friday 4th of July 2014 04:52:07 PM

graham (chickenman) · Senior Member

This product from Belguim I support is the frozen mash spuds.

Reason why I given up buying spuds, you go interstate and have to throw them in a bin, near Broken Hill and just north of Pterborough on the barrier hiway in Sa.

It keeps in my tucker box freezer and its only available at Coles app $4.50 for a kilo smile

There near the frozen chips section in the freezer dept.

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