Call for improved price transparency on food
Independents Bob Katter and Nick Xenophon will introduce a bill to Federal Parliament calling for retailers to display the prices they pay farmers for their fresh produce next to the price they’re asking from customers. In some cases products like citrus have a mark-up of 1,000 per cent. They say Coles and Woolworths need to explain the large price disparity between farm gate prices and retail prices of produce. [source]