By Sean Maguire ( May 20, 2026, 06:22 GMT | Insight) -- Vegetable suppliers to discount supermarket Aldi used private messages to engage in price fixing, according to the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission. The watchdog’s 206-page statement of claim details dozens of phone calls, text messages and WhatsApp messages between four suppliers that allegedly show cartel conduct as part of a case filed in the Federal Court of Australia last year. The regulator said it cannot estimate the “total benefits” obtained by the businesses, but is seeking, for each alleged incident of cartel conduct between September 2019 and September 2021, whichever is higher: $10 million or 10 percent of annual turnover.Vegetable suppliers to discount supermarket Aldi used private messages to engage in price fixing, according to the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, or ACCC....
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