Comments on: Australian Grocery Prices on the Rise?

By: stubbornmule

stubbornmule — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 02:44:19 +0000

Well, it seems I have been caught out by my complacency. The GroceryChoice website has been taken over by the consumer group Choice and, in the process, has been revamped. Unfortunately in the process the &version hack no longer works. I have not been very consistent in keeping the data, assuming I could rely on the hack, so it looks as though I have missed out on December and January data. I will, however, have a look at the latest data and may post on the topic.

By: tfforums

tfforums — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:18:08 +0000

No October release analysis on this?

By: stubbornmule

stubbornmule — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:43:34 +0000

@ttforums: Excellent hack, thanks! It’s just a shame that version=1 doesn’t give us November data…

By: tfforums

tfforums — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:39:52 +0000

URL hack for GC website

Add &version=0 or 1 for versions of the data – presumably this is incremented every release.

By: Kwoff.com

Kwoff.com — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:46:56 +0000

Australian Grocery Prices on the Rise? | A Stubborn Mule’s Perspective…

September prices are up on the GroceryChoice website, and this post digs into the data to see where prices are going up and where they are going down….

By: stubbornmule

stubbornmule — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:26:43 +0000

@Steve: unfortunately I missed the 4corners show, but as it's now online, so I'll watch it tomorrow.

By: Steve Reynolds

Steve Reynolds — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:19:34 +0000

FYI, tonight’s “Four Corners” program on the ABC looked at the market power of Coles and Woolworths: together they account for 70% of dry groceries and 50% of fresh food. Interestingly, this dominance seems to pose a bigger threat to food producers than it does to consumers.
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2008/s2348906.htm