2011: The Supermarket Revolution in Food: Good, Bad or Ugly for the World's Farmers, Consumers and Retailers?, 14-16 August 2011

This summary assembles a number of key points that emerged during the Crawford Fund 2011 Parliamentary Conference ‘The Supermarket Revolution in Food’. The summary se [...]

This paper focuses on the application of competition law and policy to supermarkets, and more generally on the steps from food production on farms until its arrival on th [...]

Over the past two years, the oligopsony of Australia’s big two supermarkets has been put under the spotlight. Woolworths was the dominant retailer, powering ahead of Co [...]

Retailers and wholesalers today are investing the major share of their development funds into the Asian marketplace to bring modern retail and wholesale concepts to the A [...]

The global food crisis has focused attention on agriculture and spurred increased investment in the sector. The attention of public policy and research investment has bee [...]

This paper reviews several of the principal driving factors in export-orientated agriculture in developing countries. There is sometimes debate over developing countries [...]

In Indonesia’s urban centres, supermarkets have multiplied recently. With cheaper higher-quality commodities and better services, supermarkets have the potential to dri [...]

Women in Papua New Guinea (PNG) have a vital role to play in managing the long-term sustainable supply of food to the formal and informal markets. With over 85% of the fo [...]

In Thailand, as in other markets, the supermarket ‘revolution’ is seen as a ‘two-edged sword’. On the one hand, it can lower food prices for consumers and create [...]