Groceries market Australia

Document from the year 2008 in the subject Business economics - Miscellaneous, grade: 80%, University of Western Sydney (University of Western Sydney), course: Marketing Management (Postgraduate course), language: English, abstract: The focus of this report will be the groceries industry in Australia. The author of this report decided not to take into account liquor products, fuel and petroleum products, takeaway, restaurant andother food retailing products as they are sold outside the grocery retail sector. However, these components may be referred to at some stage throughout this report. Structure of the grocery industry general The grocery industry can be divided into three main categories: Grocery retailing, grocery wholesaling and the production and supply of grocery products (ACCC, 2008). The price consumers pay at the checkout counter is dependent on the competition among grocery retailers, wholesalers and suppliers and also the pricing along the supply chain (ACCC, 2008).