This is virtually psycological warfare against consumers. While these "shopper dockets" do give cheaper fuel, it is a blatant ploy to enforce customer loyalty. Likewise, it is a gambit to ease independant fuel retailers out of the market as they just cant compete against these discounted fuel prices.

If we are not careful, we will soon be buying our food, fuel, alcohol, hardware etc., etc EXCLUSIVELY from outlets owned by the conglomerates behind Coles and Woolies. These two companies are a scourge on our society, and they are using any and every trick, scheme or gimmick to herd us like sheep into shopping with them and THEM alone.

The ACCC has left it too long - most of the independents have closed shop or sold out to one of the big companies whether it be the Supermarkets or Petrol Stations

The three of you are spot on,it is a sham and a scam,it seems to me that we are following the "American" model?

You know the selfish few make the rules now because money talks,this Gov'mint of ours has turned from a caring for the people type Gov into this Americanised those who have the big money,"the Few" get more and the poor or working class always funds "the fews" retirement fund.

Sad,sad,sad,its very sad what the World has turned into now.

Locally our IGA is still always busy, mainly because now the big 2 have replaced a lot of known brands with their own products, and presumably because IGA must be franchises grouped together for better prices they can also serve the local ethnic community demands so carry quite a more varied range differing in each shop. Hopefully they ar e able to carry on trading because without them ou r variety of goods will diminish. 

Getting 17 cents a liter off petrol at $1.60 means about $7.00 + off a fill-up of an average car, quite a big bribe really to shop at Woolies, in the short term.

IGA is owned by an australian company called metcash ltd. It was founded by a LEBANESE man.

“On 17 May 1927, Joe David opened his first ‘food' store at Woolloomooloo, NSW. Following the success of the first store he opened another six stores.”

 if joe were alive today, coming here on a boat of asylum seekers, he would be marooned in the tropical swamp of manus (or nauru) island!

 http://www.metcash.com/about-metcash/our-proud-history

Where i live you do not even get an attendant,just a bowser and a hole in the wall to swipe you card,this morning Unleaded was $1.59c,that is normal here,you are lucky to have a choice!

Cannotsay that I do not take the advntage of petrol discount and would miss it but then again we only hav e woolwoths and Coles

The problem is Abby that the petrol discount is already on the items you buy so for those who don't have cars it's an impost on their groceries.  There are also places that have Woolworths & Coles but don't have one of their petrol stations in their town so they are subsidizing other people's petrol, a bit unfair don't you think.

Usually I get my groceries at IGA as it is run by a local family. But also I use a lot of fuel and when I buy around $120 worth of fuel I usually go to Woolworths for groceries first to make the most of the discount.

But my biggest fear is these large stores will raise the price when all the smaller fuel distributers go broke.

If the Accc says Coles and Woolworths are in breach of some regulation will they stop giving discounts and therefore lower their food items?

"Old saying,you never get something for nothing"

"What's in it for me" seems to be the mantra these days.  Nothing is free, which is something a lot of people don't recognise. 

Maybe we will find out what we pay the ACCC for, and whether they really have any teeth.