Bunnings' monopoly over the gardening sector has prompted calls for the retail giant to face the same scrutiny as Australia's two major supermarkets.
nursery growers' industry body wants Bunnings and other major stores to be included in the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct.
In a submission to the senate inquiry on supermarket prices, GIA said Bunnings' massive market share allowed it to dictate prices and supply of plants. "We've got lots of examples where we feel Bunnings is abusing their dominance of the marketplace," GIA chief executive Joanna Cave said. She said that could be achieved if the government included them in the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct and made the code mandatory." sets the price, control supply, there is an absence of proper legally enforceable contracts — all kinds of practices that would be in breach of the code, were Bunnings covered by it.
"Many of our supplier relationships span a number of decades and generations, and over the years they have engaged our team on ways to partner, grow and collaborate to support their businesses.
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