澳大利亚绿党智库提出了一项零售改革方案，计划通过创建624家公营超市网络"公平杂货店"来打破沃尔沃斯和科尔斯对澳大利亚超市市场的主导地位1。该计划要求强制这两家主要零售商出售200家超市和3个配送中心，同时政府需建造424家新店和10个配送中心1。绿党声称这一举措可将生活必需食品价格下降30%，使平均家庭购物支出降低22%，即每周为四口之家节省约60澳元1。
该提案的经济基础存在重大漏洞。绿党计划在五年内投入251亿澳元，并预期在六年内实现自我融资1。但分析指出，超市行业的净利润率（税后）仅约3.6%，这意味着维持足够低的消费者价格与同时提供有竞争力的供应商价格极其困难1。作为参考，新西兰纽约市用1亿澳元只建造了5家公营超市1。沃尔沃斯和科尔斯目前分别掌握约38%和29%的市场份额，而自2001年进入澳大利亚以来，阿尔迪也仅获得约9%的市场份额1。
Australia's Greens party has unveiled an ambitious proposal to establish a chain of 624 publicly-owned supermarkets called "Fair Go Grocers," aimed at disrupting the market dominance of Woolworths and Coles 1. The plan would require A$25.1 billion in investment over five years and is designed to reduce household grocery bills by an average of 22 percent, translating to approximately A$60 in weekly savings for an average family of four 1. Essential food items would see price reductions of 30 percent under the proposal 1.
The initiative would involve compelling Woolworths and Coles, which currently control approximately 38 percent and 29 percent of the market respectively, to divest 200 supermarkets and three distribution centers 1. These assets would form the foundation for a broader expansion comprising 424 newly constructed stores and 10 additional distribution facilities 1. The Greens project the scheme to achieve financial self-sufficiency within six years 1.
However, economic analysis reveals significant structural challenges with the proposal. The plan's viability hinges on several assumptions that appear difficult to reconcile, including how discount pricing can be sustained while maintaining competitive supplier payments, particularly given that supermarket after-tax profit margins typically stand at just 3.6 percent 1. For context, New York City invested US$70 million (approximately A$100 million) to establish only five public supermarkets, raising questions about the feasibility of scaling such an operation to 624 locations across Australia 1.
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