supermarkets
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ACCC Busts Egg Suppliers For Making False ‘Free Range’ Claims
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has instituted proceedings in the Federal Court against Derodi and Holland Farms for falsely branding its eggs as “free range”. In reality, the hens are mostly kept indoors and are unable to move about freely.
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Who Will Win The Supermarket Price Wars?
On January 26, 2011, grocery retailer Coles fired the first salvo in what would soon be dubbed the “supermarket price wars” by reducing the price of its own-brand milk to $1 per litre. Woolworths immediately responded.
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How Big Food Wants To Trick You Over Package Sizes
Australia’s main food industry body wants labelling regulations changed so that the weight or quantity no longer has to be displayed on the front of packaging. Why is it seeking the change, and why is it potentially bad news for consumers?
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Vegan/Teetotaller Warning: Some Long-Life Juices Contain Beef And Alcohol
Most people realise that long-life juice contains extra ingredients that nature never intended. As it turns out, this includes traces of meat and alcohol. No really. Juice manufacturer Golden Circle recently admitted that it uses alcohol-based flavours and a clarifying agent derived from beef for its long-life juice range. Personally, when I order “cow juice”…