Comments on: Australia embraces the Woolworths economy http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/28/australia-embraces-the-woolworths-economy/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:48:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bill Parker http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/28/australia-embraces-the-woolworths-economy/#comment-35927 Bill Parker Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:26:26 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/28/australia-embraces-the-woolworths-economy/#comment-35927 It's a sobering thought that our daily bread is coupled with terms like EBIT. Most mums and dads would have no idea what that is. I do, and its the reason why I would boycott Woolies and that other mob Coles. I am not interested in such corporate dominance and control. Such D & C that IGA has had to follow suite and we are left with? Being screwed. It’s a sobering thought that our daily bread is coupled with terms like EBIT. Most mums and dads would have no idea what that is.

I do, and its the reason why I would boycott Woolies and that other mob Coles. I am not interested in such corporate dominance and control. Such D & C that IGA has had to follow suite and we are left with?

Being screwed.

]]> By: Kirk Broadhurst http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/28/australia-embraces-the-woolworths-economy/#comment-35899 Kirk Broadhurst Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:40:06 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/28/australia-embraces-the-woolworths-economy/#comment-35899 "... Woolworths will be responsible for more than 2% of expected capital investment by the private sector over the 2010 financial year. That's $19 billion from a total of $91 billion estimated in the June quarter ..." That's substantially more than 2% - in fact, it's over 20%! “… Woolworths will be responsible for more than 2% of expected capital investment by the private sector over the 2010 financial year. That’s $19 billion from a total of $91 billion estimated in the June quarter …”

That’s substantially more than 2% - in fact, it’s over 20%!

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