Comments on: Why Graeme Samuel has plenty of interest in all things retail http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/06/why-graeme-samuel-has-plenty-of-interest-in-all-things-retail/ now with extra source Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:11:56 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Colin Jones http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/06/why-graeme-samuel-has-plenty-of-interest-in-all-things-retail/#comment-5064 Colin Jones Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-5064 The consumer in Australia gets shabby treatment compared to his/her counterparts in Europe and U.S.A. <br />Not just in groceries but in each and every sphere where the consumer has to battle every inch of the way for fair treatment by an adversary who makes many political donations and lobbies incessantly.<br />Nothing will come of this fairy floss of a website. The consumer in Australia gets shabby treatment compared to his/her counterparts in Europe and U.S.A.
Not just in groceries but in each and every sphere where the consumer has to battle every inch of the way for fair treatment by an adversary who makes many political donations and lobbies incessantly.
Nothing will come of this fairy floss of a website.

]]> By: Marilyn http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/06/why-graeme-samuel-has-plenty-of-interest-in-all-things-retail/#comment-5065 Marilyn Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-5065 We pay about 12% of our incomes to eat, something one has to do to stay alive. In Afghanistan they spend 70% of all their income to get bad food.<br /><br />Let's all pretend we are grown ups and stop this pathetic bleating shall we. We pay about 12% of our incomes to eat, something one has to do to stay alive. In Afghanistan they spend 70% of all their income to get bad food.

Let’s all pretend we are grown ups and stop this pathetic bleating shall we.

]]> By: Bart http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/06/why-graeme-samuel-has-plenty-of-interest-in-all-things-retail/#comment-5066 Bart Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-5066 I play a minor sport that leaves me hanging around major cities for a week at a time, hanging out with fellow competitors hose houses I live in. SO, I can sa with authority - Woolworths stores, across the Eastern seaboard, are cleaner, better presented, more fully stocked and better layed out than Coles over a comparison of at least forty shops. I've only been to a about four of Aldi's, but the store presentaton is usually abysmal.<br /><br />The food I buy goes into my body. If the store cannot keep itself clean, I assume they have even worse practice out the back.<br /><br />I never want to go to two shops in an evening. When Coles understocks, which happens often, I have to go to the Woolies anyway. The reverse has never happened.<br /><br />Fruit and vege shops by independant retailers are simply better than the supermarket frui and vege chains. But I work during th days, and food shop after 7pm. Therefore, none of these better retailers are available. Parking restrictions and storage issues mean I cannot shop during the day.<br /><br />Do I pay more at Woolworths? Yes. I pay more money. But I can't shop at the smaller retailes with shorter opening hours, and I at my hourly rate I waste less time in double shopping by going to Woolies over the under-stocked Coles. <br /><br />Woolworths power might be out of hand because they give people what they need and their competitors have practices that are not compatible with modern living. I play a minor sport that leaves me hanging around major cities for a week at a time, hanging out with fellow competitors hose houses I live in. SO, I can sa with authority - Woolworths stores, across the Eastern seaboard, are cleaner, better presented, more fully stocked and better layed out than Coles over a comparison of at least forty shops. I’ve only been to a about four of Aldi’s, but the store presentaton is usually abysmal.

The food I buy goes into my body. If the store cannot keep itself clean, I assume they have even worse practice out the back.

I never want to go to two shops in an evening. When Coles understocks, which happens often, I have to go to the Woolies anyway. The reverse has never happened.

Fruit and vege shops by independant retailers are simply better than the supermarket frui and vege chains. But I work during th days, and food shop after 7pm. Therefore, none of these better retailers are available. Parking restrictions and storage issues mean I cannot shop during the day.

Do I pay more at Woolworths? Yes. I pay more money. But I can’t shop at the smaller retailes with shorter opening hours, and I at my hourly rate I waste less time in double shopping by going to Woolies over the under-stocked Coles.

Woolworths power might be out of hand because they give people what they need and their competitors have practices that are not compatible with modern living.

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