Campaign for better grocery unit pricing
The joint CHOICE and QCA campaign on unit pricing seeks consumer feedback
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Unit Pricing
Tech giants need to face music on price discrimination
Choice calls on Parliament to get answers for consumers
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New rules aim to limit energy price rises
Energy regulator says rules aim to increase efficiency and cap prices for network businesses
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Two UK supermarket chains to voluntarily improve their unit pricing
Ian Jarratt looks at changes needed to catch up to UK unit pricing standards.
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Unit pricing is smart shopping practice, but do consumers care?
Recent studies however are finding that consumer’s are not taking advantage of this smart shopping tool.
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Unit pricing benefits consumers – QCA
Queensland Consumers will submit that the National Grocery Code has lead to significant consumer benefits.
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Curtain Raised on Real Cost of Tickets: Choice
CHOICE says that ticket prices need to reflect the real cost of administering the tickets.
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50 years of consumer rights – how far have we come?
Consumer advocate Jenni Mack documents the highs and lows of 150 years of consumer activism, and considers where to next for consumer advocacy.
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Unit prices – are they legible and prominent?
Mandatory grocery unit pricing was introduced in 2009. While an important victory for consumers, consumer groups remain concerned that unit prices are insufficiently legible and prominent for many consumers, concerns that have been confirmed in a recent survey.
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How to save money with grocery unit pricing
The huge range of brands and sizes of grocery items in most supermarkets makes it difficult to work out which are the best value for money.
One way to do this is to compare the price per unit of measure – the unit price.
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