NARGA Chairman John Cummings

PWC Report

NARGA releases a report commissioned from PriceWaterHouseCoopers:  

“The economic contribution of small to medium-sized grocery retailers to the Australian economy, with a particular focus on Western Australia”

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Report Highlights

(Please Note: Page numbers referenced below are as per the printed document page numbers, not the page counter in your PDF viewer).

  • The value of Australian family businesses is A$4.3 trillion – four times GDP and greater than the combined value of the ASX and funds under management. (PwC report, p. iii)
  • Australia’s historic shift in market share makes our grocery market among the most concentrated in the world (pages iv, vii; figures 2.3, 2.10)
  • Food price inflation is higher in Sydney than in Perth, where independents have a greater market share than the national average (figure 5.6)
  • Independent grocery retailers have about 20 per cent of the national market, but provide 57 per cent of the jobs in the sector (page vi)


Growth of Woolworths and Coles Market Share has increased from 35% in 1975 to 80% in 2006