Whats with the pricing?its fkn disgusting in comparison to the rest of the western world.Me veggie patch only goes so far and the farmers market aint much better.Its bare essentials in the trolly at the Super market,and why the fk is tuesday cheaper????The big wigs of the super market cartel are laughing in there fkn boots as the masses of, dont know any better hand over there little hard earned cash.A total monoperly with any competition Crushed without a blink of the eye.We are not that remote in this day and age,so why are they allowed to get away with it????Suffer,Suffer we must untill the masses wake up to this in our face rip off.Mean time i will stick to beans and toast.
Whats with the pricing?its fkn disgusting in comparison to the rest of the western world.Me veggie patch only goes so far and the farmers market aint much better.Its bare essentials in the trolly at the Super market,and why the fk is tuesday cheaper????The big wigs of the super market cartel are laughing in there fkn boots as the masses of, dont know any better hand over there little hard earned cash.A total monoperly with any competition Crushed without a blink of the eye.We are not that remote in this day and age,so why are they allowed to get away with it????Suffer,Suffer we must untill the masses wake up to this in our face rip off.Mean time i will stick to beans and toast.
We need an Aldi...or at this stage...any dam thing to make the duopoly sit up and listern...it is frustrating to not have any other competition in WA.
"QUOTE of the internet"
"Geelong, which has many supermarket chains including Aldi, offers greater competition and lower grocery prices. Western Australia has higher prices because of an absence of competition. The survey found that it costs $94.30 to fill a basket of 35 items at Aldi, but $126.87 at Woolworths/Safeway and $127.67 at Coles. Aldi's presence clearly provides competition for the supermarket giants."
"The duopoly structure allows Coles and Woolworths to charge a higher price for their goods "
Link:- http://www.education.theage.com.au/cmspage.php?intid=152&intversion=15
^with you gypo on this^any competition is crushed and no doubt guvernment influenced!.To go over seas and see the exact same item less than half the price makes one wonder.The australian wine industry is the same,its half the price overseas,,,Why it dont make sence?....
its coz you live in the wild west my friend. the mines are now paying that much for personnel that the price of staff in the cities rises to compensate for their leaving. thats where the extra money is going. i am always shocked at how expensive perth is when i go there for work.
Don't forget the crims at IGA.
Everytime there's a proposal for deregulated shopping hours over here, they start pettitioning their customers to sign against it, saying that it is not sustainable for shops to be open long hours blah blah blah etc
Yet IGA are the ones already open till 8-9pm everynight.
They're just protecting their expensive prices for the crappy produce they stock.
No doubt that the cosy little arrangment that Coles, Woolies and Metcash have is letting them drill the WA punter as hard as the crews are drilling the ground in the wilds of WA.
Places like the Spud Shed in Wangara or the Stock Road markets in Bibra Lake, your shopping would come out cheaper than what you'd get in a supermarket... And you'd be able to get pretty well all of your needs and the prices can be negotiated when you pay in cash - when has that ever happened at Coles.
There are some items you just have to go to the supermarket for, and convenience plays a big part in all of this - and that is what the supermarkets are making you pay for.
I'm probably going to get flamed for this but I think that the price for produce is far below what it should be. Everyone expects that prices should be the same as when they were kids but the reality is that the cost of production has gone up and farmers are doing it tough as it is. just an opinion.
^ they are comparing prices between WA and other states.
Aldi is awesome. It's worth getting over the alternate universe effect quickly, that's where you see all the familiar products, but they are copies of. Sultana Flakes or similar for example. Some of the products, I'm thinking specifically of the $1 Belgian chocolates here, are awesome. It's munchie heaven.
No one is exepcting things to be the same as "when they were kids".
Quite often, the price that the farmer gets for their produce doesn't pay their cost of production.
WA consumers are getting taken for a ride, argued away by the Resources Boom.
If it is a case of two economies in Australia, then the consumer in WA should be getting a far better deal than the rest - it just isn't happening via the weekly spend for the basics.
i'm just thankful to be able to purchase such a wide range of food whenever it takes my fancy. there are plenty of people around the world living hand to mouth, or growing a single subsistence crop on a tiny patch of dirt.
^^^I agree Diver...we all know the farmer is the last to prosper from his produce...that makes me angry..
As for IGA...I often shop at night...but do not buy IGA's top dollar items..the items I buy have to be on special or with in a few cents of the other stores, and they always have Harvey Fresh Milk which I still believe is WA based.
But what about the quality and size of a product that still goes up in price even when they put cheaper ingredients in to the item such as palm oil and then slice 20gms off a can or off a block of chocolate etc...?
They have to get you some how...
The shame about the two biggies (and to some extent IGA) running the show is that often superior local product (think deluxe south west/swan valley honey compared to watered down Capilano rubbish) is deliberately excluded and lesser quality produce is wastefully trucked from the east to be sold at higher prices here? WTF?? That is dumb on many levels.
Used to frequent Herdsman markets (when it was a big asbestos shed )which was awesome. It's still great but it is now a glamazon yuppy foodie store and very exxy (but great stock).
Sadly - lack of time leads me and wifey to shop at the biggies and IGA most of the time but I should stop whingening and get to growers markets like the Spud shed more regularly. Good for kids to see a more 'real' markets too rather than bling bling - "here is your ultra sterilised produce, vacuum sealed to keep all the freshness/hormons in."
Late trading is a false economy I reckon and will give the two biggies the killer blow to any form of competition. Extra penalties for employees will be used to justify higher prices (watch the prices go sky high when late nights come in).
Then when the duopoly is complete they will drop conditions/wages paid but continue to strangle prices. The CEO of Coolies will by this time bear an unmistakeable resemblance to Chancellor Palpetine and the domination will be complete. Ba ha ha ha ha![}:)]
you blokes seem to be on about city prices.........
live in the country [anywhere] and you will pay 40% more
for everything, hospital, medical, fuel , food, travel, schooling, phones,
sports, public transport??,entertainment?? Call it freight!!!
whenever will we get a aldi at meekathara, mattaranka, ayr, brokenhill,
andamooka, speed, kelso.
So what really do you have to bitch about. We have to populate these places so we can rip you off when you come with your dollars dangling. 
A few weeks paying cashed up bogun prices in Perf J Muzza, and you'd be whistling a diff version of Waltzing Mytillflowedover. 
Coles is pretty well the cash cow for Wesfarmers now - the darling share holding for all man and dad (baby boomer) retirees. Of course with Woolies and Metcash...
The would be very few incoming producing portfolios - mum and dad or large super funds - the don't have exposure to those three. The river of gold is just too deep and good to pass up.
Just wait for the squeals if those dividend cheques became smaller.
One of the main reasons for high prices at the "cheque" out.
I buy very very little from woolies coles or IGA as far as i am concerned they are all ****s.
I buy my fish from Freo fisher - sometimes a bit exy but fresh and tasty straight from the ocean - locally caught.
I get my veggies once a week from an Organic grower (dont like pesticides) who sells in Fremantle E shed or at city farm - again couple of dollars more but worth it imo.
Meat (little that we eat) we get organically from Freo markets as well.
If we run out then i top up the veggies from our local Vietnamese shop
We spend a lot on what we consider good produce, probably more than most but we believe that if you will spend $100 on a night out why wouldn't you forgo a night out and give your body/family something nice.
