Peak vegetable grower group AUSVEG highlights the power imbalance between farmers and supermarkets, leading to an oversupply of food and millions of tonnes of waste. Farmers are entering into non-binding agreements, and strict quality controls result in good food being wasted. The Senate inquiry on supermarket prices is examining this issue, along with other inquiries on grocery prices and supermarket practices. Australia's supermarket duopoly may exacerbate the waste problem.
Peak vegetable grower group AUSVEG says a power imbalance between farmers and supermarkets is causing an oversupply of food and millions of tonnes of waste. In its submission to the Senate inquiry on supermarket prices, AUSVEG says farmers are entering into "forecast" and "non-binding" agreements, and strict quality controls mean good food is being wasted.The Senate inquiry is just one of six inquiries examining grocery prices and how supermarkets deal with customers and suppliers.
And Australia's supermarket duopoly could be making waste worse, according to peak vegetable grower groups.They said they didn't want to be identified for fear of retribution from Coles and Woolworths.Peak grower group AUSVEG said "the situation is so dire" that 34 per cent of growers were "considering walking away from their farming businesses
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