Federal Court finds Coles misled customers with ‘Down Down’ discounts, supermarket giant now facing huge fines

Supermarket giant Coles misled consumers with fake discounts – although it didn’t unlawfully jack up its prices. That’s the verdict of the Federal Court in a big win for watchdog the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Now, the ACCC is coming after rival Woolies and grocery suppliers - so how will retailers react, and what will it mean for prices at the checkout? Our reporter Angelica Snowden is here.

Supermarket giant Coles misled consumers with fake discounts – although it didn’t unlawfully jack up its prices. That’s the verdict of the Federal Court in a big win for watchdog the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Now, the ACCC is coming after rival Woolies and grocery suppliers - so how will retailers react, and what will it mean for prices at the checkout? Our reporter Angelica Snowden is here.

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Coles misled shoppers with ‘Down Down’ discounts, Federal Court finds

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. Our team includes Lia Tsamoglou, Joshua Burton and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music. 

Supermarket giant Coles misled consumers with fake discounts &ndash; although it didn&rsquo;t unlawfully jack up its prices. That&rsquo;s the verdict of the Federal Court in a big win for watchdog the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Now, the ACCC is coming after rival Woolies and grocery suppliers - so how will retailers react, and what will it mean for prices at the checkout? Our reporter Angelica Snowden is here.
Read more about this story at&nbsp;<a href="http://theaustralian.com.au">theaustralian.com.au</a> and see the video by subscribing to our <a href="https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfDC8EeZJyt1IVjv5bCRbFBkTl-VYpJyf">YouTube channel</a>.<a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/retail/coles-misled-shoppers-with-down-down-discounts-federal-court-finds/news-story/40eef7ad45e8ef42975e391c95450fa4"></a>
<a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/retail/coles-misled-shoppers-with-down-down-discounts-federal-court-finds/news-story/40eef7ad45e8ef42975e391c95450fa4">Coles misled shoppers with &lsquo;Down Down&rsquo; discounts, Federal Court finds</a>
<a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/legal-affairs/how-australias-biggest-farmers-allegedly-rigged-broccoli-and-lettuce-prices/news-story/04909a1e6ad0250a5be4a6359da5991d">How Australia&rsquo;s biggest farmers allegedly rigged broccoli and lettuce prices</a>
<a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/legal-affairs/woolworths-chief-tells-court-pricing-rules-stopped-suppliers-gaming-the-system/news-story/6b4a9f5fdd21929561aa8f7382a578e5">Woolworths executive tells court pricing rules stopped suppliers &lsquo;gaming the system&rsquo;</a>
This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. Our team includes Lia Tsamoglou, Joshua Burton and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.&nbsp;

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The Front brings the unrivalled journalism of Australia’s national broadsheet to audio, featuring each day’s essential page one stories.

The Front

The Front brings the unrivalled journalism of Australia’s national broadsheet to audio, featuring each day’s essential page one stories, journalists’ candid take on the issues that matter and behind-the-scenes insight from our newsrooms.

To find out more about The Front you can link here and for more from the newsroom at The Australian link here or search for The Australian in your app store.

The Front brings the unrivalled journalism of Australia&rsquo;s national broadsheet to audio, featuring each day&rsquo;s essential page one stories, journalists&rsquo; candid take on the issues that matter and behind-the-scenes insight from our newsrooms.
To find out more about The Front you can link <a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/the-front/podcast/7e7d42e8c77b597cf8532d2e0c847e10">here</a> and for more from the newsroom at The Australian link <a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/">here</a> or search for The Australian in your app store.

The watchdog who savaged Coles

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