据澳媒报道，周四澳大利亚竞争与消费者委员会（ACCC）在指责两大超市为限制与供应商的谈判，滥用食品杂货行为准则（Food and Grocery Code）。该自愿性准则在今年6月生效，旨在确保超市及其供应商之间交易的公平性和透明性。
据报道，澳竞消委主席西姆斯（Rod Sims）说，制定食品杂货行为准则的目的是为了纠正大型食品零售商及其供应商，在交涉过程中的不平等。西姆斯表示，澳竞消委对一些零售商，特别是Woolworths和ALDI超市在采用该准则制定食品供应协议（GSAs）时的方式表示担忧，因为其可能会让供应商觉得自己不可以就GSAs中的条款与对方谈判。
部分原文报道如下：
The competition watchdog claims it was acting in the best interests of suppliers and the “new spirit” of the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct when it named and shamed Woolworths and Aldi over their latest supply agreements.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and Woolworths are locked in a war of words over the supermarket chain's new supply contracts, which the competition regulator claims could be interpreted as “take it-or-leave-it documents” by suppliers.
But Woolworths hit back, saying the ACCC put out a press release only hours after contacting it with fresh concerns.
