Comment on Albanese invites Arab 'hypermarket' to compete with Coles and Woolworths
Ilandar@lemmy.today 1 week ago
There have been rumours about Lidl moving here for years now as well. I’m not against more competitors, but if another one joins I’d have 6 major competitors (Coles, Woolworths, Drakes, Foodland, ALDI, Lulu/Lidl/???) to choose from, plus smaller stores like NQR, IGA and all the local independents. I feel like it would just dilute the non-Colesworth share of the market further, leading to the closure of one or several of those smaller chains.
princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
Foodland is just an IGA franchisee. Also it only operates in South Australia, and Drakes is only SA and Queensland.
You’re right about diluting the market though. I think Albo is just too scared to actually regulate Colesworth. I’m kind of sick of him being so milquetoast, especially now that Labor have such an overwhelming majority.
Ilandar@lemmy.today 1 week ago
Well yes, I live in Adelaide. That’s why I talked about what I’d have to choose from, not all Australians.