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Coles files lease bid in Australia's Tasmania amid regulatory pushback in another state

By Saloni Sinha ( March 16, 2026, 06:14 GMT | Insight) -- Australia’s second-largest grocery retailer Coles Group has notified the Australian competition regulator of its plans to lease a new supermarket site in the island state of Tasmania, even as it faces regulatory pushback over a similar proposal in Western Australia. Coles’ notification comes a few days after the ACCC published its competition concerns in a similar deal involving the retailer in another state, Western Australia.Australia’s second-largest grocery retailer Coles Group has notified the Australian competition regulator of its plans to lease a new supermarket site in the island state of Tasmania, even as it faces regulatory pushback over a similar proposal in Western Australia....

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