Wesfarmers

Were you so inclined, you’d have to work pretty hard to boycott Woolworths and Wesfarmers. For a start, it would be tough to eat. Woolworths and Coles (owned by Wesfarmers for the past two years) pocket 70c of every dollar spent in supermarkets in this country.

Chipping away at competition

It would also be difficult to get drunk. Buying booze means handing over an average of 45c of every dollar to the big two, which own Dan Murphy’s, BWS, Liquorland and Vintage Cellars.

Picking up petrol on the way home delivers another 44c of every hard-earned to a service station owed by Coles or Wesfarmers. Think you’re safe in a department store?

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  • MsMonaLoudly says:

    02:06am | 01/09/09

    this whole debate is really silly no one is forcing you to shop anywhere you don’t want to. wow and wes don’t come around to my house, kidnap me and take me to their stores. Read more »

  • DaZZa says:

    03:41pm | 28/08/09

    “The rivalry is fierce” - maybe it is, at a corporate level - but have you ever walked through Coles and Woolies and compared prices of identical products? Chances are the price will be exactly the same - where’s the rivalry in that? And if there is any rivalry, it’ll… Read more »

 

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