I dont know why Brits could not follow aussie model.. but down here Woolies is the strongest grocer/super market in the land.

How strong do you want them? Between Coles and Woolies they control about 85% of the grocery market in OZ. They have driven down prices fron growers, and tied them up with long term contracts. Many supplers aren’t covering costs, then they go on the shelves for high prices cutting out the middle man. The grower only recieves a tiny percentage of purchase price, something like 3% They are narrowing choice of product, pushing there own generic crap. To put goods on their shelves they require, something like $10,000 plus a big slug of percentage for each line of goods. They have driven out smaller operaters and the prices are still high, all in the name of dividends for shareholders, still the MD only gets millions. You could do without such a model of business there. Look after your independant smaller operators, if you don’t there won’t be a choice.