As the pricing war between Coles and Woolworths heats up, there are concerns the push toward home brand products could see consumers left with less choice in their trolley. In part three of an ongoing series, Crikey examines the rise of generics — and market power.
Milk
The weird world where Australians whinge about cheap beer
First it was milk, then beer. Suddenly we all hate competition. What happened?
No use killing over spoiled milk, China
China has executed two people for their role in the production and sale of tainted milk powder that killed six babies and left about 300,000 people sick.
Nestlé suckles from the teat of Mugabe’s dirty dairy
Robert Mugabe has built a secret farming empire with land seized from white farmers. Their biggest customer? Swiss food giant Nestlé, which has been lapping up 1 million litres of Mugabe’s milk a year.
What price a cuppa?
Afternoon tea is about to get a whole lot more expensive, with milk, tea and sugar prices are all at or near multi-year highs.
How green is your milk?
With more public awareness of the vast carbon emissions produced by cows, the dairy industry doesn’t quite enjoy the family-friendly image it once did. So is it time to start pouring water on our Weetbix, or can we have our milk and drink it too?
Do you like your milk flavoured and fizzy?
Coco-Cola is trialling a new carbonated sweet milky drink in the US called a Vio, something they call “a refreshing sensory experience”. Will the idea be a fizzer for the beverage barons?
Mooove over: boutique milk brands growing
Consumers in Victoria are heading back to the farm and looking for a more authentic milk taste, writes Richard Cornish.
BCC: To all staff … Hands off my Trim Milk, thief!
Crikey presents yet another internal email about inappropriate use of milk, this time from a prominent law firm.
The Annual General Meeting of the International Association of Australian Cheese
Thanks for coming everyone…
From poisoning dogs and cats to babies
Last year it was American dogs and cats dying of kidney failure after eating pet food containing gluten from China that was tainted with melamine. This year it is Chinese babies, writes Richard Farmer.
