澳洲科尔斯(Coles)和伍尔沃斯(Woolworths)反对2025年限制杂货加价以缓解生活成本压力的新规则。 Australia’s Coles and Woolworths oppose new 2025 rules capping grocery markups to ease cost-of-living pressures.

澳大利亚的主要超市科尔斯和伍尔沃思(Coles and Woolworths)反对定于2025年7月生效的新的政府规则,这些规则禁止收费价格大大高于供应成本加上合理差额。 Australia’s major supermarkets, Coles and Woolworths, are opposing new government rules set to take effect in July 2025 that prohibit charging prices significantly above supply costs plus a reasonable margin. 更新的《食品和杂货行为守则》旨在减轻生活费用压力,每次违规最高可处罚1 000万美元。 The updated Food and Grocery Code of Conduct aims to ease cost-of-living pressures, with penalties of up to $10 million per breach. Coles说每100美元的销售利润只有2.43美元, 能源、运费、劳务和保险费都在上涨。 Coles says it makes only $2.43 profit per $100 in sales, citing rising energy, freight, labor, and insurance costs. Woolworths警告说,法律只针对两个澳大利亚拥有的连锁店,而豁免外国拥有的零售商,从而造成了一种不平等的竞争环境。 Woolworths warns the law creates an uneven playing field by targeting only two Australian-owned chains while exempting foreign-owned retailers. 澳大利亚竞争和消费者委员会以前发现Coles和Woolworths拥有巨大的市场力量和高利润,杂货价格比2022至2023年的工资上涨得更快。 The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission previously found Coles and Woolworths have significant market power and high profits, with grocery prices rising faster than wages between 2022 and 2023. 政府维持改革对于确保公平定价和加强执法是必要的,而澳大利亚商业理事会则敦促决策者把重点放在供应链成本上。 The government maintains the reforms are necessary to ensure fair pricing and strengthen enforcement, while the Business Council of Australia urges policymakers to focus on supply chain costs instead.