This alternative to supermarkets can help you save on groceries, but most people don’t know it exists

10 July 2024

  • Families are making significant savings on their grocery bills by forming small shopping co-ops.
  • Cooperative business structures account for less than 1 per cent of the supermarket sector in Australia.
  • What’s next? The peak body for co-ops is calling for more government support for the business model.

Read the story, This alternative to supermarkets can help you save on groceries, but most people don’t know it exists, by business reporter Samuel Yang, The Business, ABC news

Watch the full story on The Business, ABC news, 8:45 pm, Wednesday, 10 July 2024 or on-demand on ABC iview.

 

 

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