Supermarket tricks and traps

A Current Affairs, 26 May 2008; Think you'll pay the same prices between stores at the same supermarket chain in your area? Think again. Craig Kelly is from the Southern Sydney Retailers Association. He's taken our cameras undercover to show us how unsuspecting shoppers are being charged too much for their fruit and vegetables. "I bought this basket of fruit and veg from Woolworths at Liverpool for $33 - a few kilometres up the road at Woolworths Moorebank the same goods are $63. That's eighty percent extra in cost," he said.

It's the same supermarket chain and the same area of Sydney but outrageously different prices. "How should shoppers feel about this," Craig said. "Shoppers should feel outraged about these higher prices. The ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) has dropped the ball - and simply doesn't know what is going on in the market," he said. Click here to view the video and read the whole article.

How to avoid rotten produce

A Current Affairs, 14 May 2008; No one likes going to the grocery store and picking what looks to be fresh fruit and vegetables only to discover at home that they're actually rotten inside. An in-depth investigation at A Current Affair reveals that fresh produce in Woolworths and Coles can actually be months old. Click here to view the video and read the whole article.