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A close-up shot of a shopping trolley full of groceries in a supermarket with a woman behind bagging apples.

Bags of cheap carrots at Woolworths supermarket with a sign that states $1.70 a kilogram

"When you see pears for $1.99 a kilo, no grower is making a buck out of that,"
he said.
A bag of green pears in a fruit bowl.

A black shopping basket sitting on a kitchen bench that contains bread, mince, carrots, apples and milk.

Shoppers inside a supermarket buying seafood, fruit, vegetables and deli products.

"They already had stores in the area, it was patently not about having a presence, they already had a presence, but they obviously wanted to remove the independent from that area."
Coles and Woolworths branding outside neighbouring supermarkets

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