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Fresh vegetables on three black shelves with price stickers in front of the items.

A sign reading IGA Local Grocer on top of a building with three cars parked out the front.

"The buying power is not there for us small stores, so we aren't getting the prices the bigger supermarkets are getting it at,"
he said.

Two men in white shirts and black ties smiling with an arm around each other in a supermarket aisle

"I hope [that closure] isn't a sign there for us, I hope that people are going to support independent operators,"
he said.

A rendering of a supermarket with a black facade, yellow accents and a white sign reading Drakes, with a carpark in front

Gary Mortimer wears a white open collared shirt, navy suit jacket and black rimmed glasses and sits on an outdoor staircase

"If you want to create and stimulate more competition between players, you need to shop across all the players."
A banner reading 'Coles' and, in the background, the Woolworths logo.

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