By Saloni Sinha ( November 11, 2026, 07:39 GMT | Insight) -- O’Connor Fresh IGA, an independent retailer in the remote Western Australian city of Kalgoorlie, is unlikely to materially constrain Coles Supermarkets Australia’s prices or product range as significantly as rival Woolworths does, Coles told the Australian Competition Tribunal. At Wednesday’s hearing, Coles’ lawyer John Sheahan argued that the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission had focused on the loss of O’Connor Fresh’s distinctive offering without adequately assessing whether its potential exit would weaken competitive constraints on the remaining supermarkets.O’Connor Fresh IGA, an independent retailer in the remote Western Australian city of Kalgoorlie, is unlikely to materially constrain Coles Supermarkets Australia’s prices or product range as significantly as rival Woolworths does, Coles told the Australian Competition Tribunal....
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