At the heart of the final report of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s supermarket inquiry is a simple truth: the horse has bolted.
The combination of very high barriers to entry and expansion in the sector, and the inherent advantages that flow to Coles and Woolworths from controlling 77 per cent of the market, mean that “the fundamental dynamics of competition in this sector and associated outcomes appear set to continue for the foreseeable future”.
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