AUSTRALIA’S CONSUMER WATCHDOG, the ACCC, has ruled that the heavy discounts on petrol recently offered by Coles and Woolworths weren’t anti-competitive, and that neither company breached the Trade Practices Act.

Last week both supermarket retailers offered up to 40 cents per litre off fuel purchased at affiliated petrol stations to customers who spent up to - [...]

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SHOPPERS at Coles and Woolworths/Safeway supermarkets are set to benefit from huge savings at the petrol pump, with both companies today announcing discounts for customers spending between $100 and $300 in their stores.

Coles was the first to begin advertising its offer, with offers of discounts of between 10c to 40c a litre at the [...]

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