Queensland to Hire ‘Supermarket Commissioner’ to Try Control Grocery Prices

Queensland Premier Steven Miles has announced his government will accept all recommendations from its Supermarket Pricing Select Committee, including the appointment of an interim “Food Farmers Commissioner.” The government will also launch retail and farm gate price reporting, so consumers can easily see what mark-up supermarkets add to essential goods. “As I’ve travelled the state Queenslanders have been telling me they’ve been feeling the pinch at the supermarket checkout, paying more for fresh produce while farmers make less,” the premier said when launching the scheme. “At the same time, producers are saying the big supermarkets are ripping them off at the farm gate too....