Is shelf stacking the new branch stacking?

“Just a thought,” considers Warren Menteith of Bali. “Woolworths and Coles person astir 52 per cent of the Australian market market. Peter Dutton has signalled he’d unit them to merchantability disconnected stores if it could beryllium shown they utilized their dominance to manipulate the market. The ALP and the LNP person an implicit electoral monopoly. Each has a ‘market’ stock greater than either Woolworths oregon Coles. They usage their marketplace dominance to manipulate their income - votes. What if they were forced to divest a ‘store’ and not tally successful an electorate?”

“I was a nonmigratory of Broke (C8) for astir 10 years,” says John Hudson of Bangalow. “Whilst I was surviving there, I considered starting a concern company. I registered a concern name, and received the Business Name Certificate. Unfortunately, the ‘Broke Finance Co’ ne'er got disconnected the ground.” While respective of you whitethorn spot this arsenic conscionable a inexpensive gag, John says helium tin proviso the Business Name Certification, if required.

Don White of Frenchs Forest writes: “Mention of the Highway Patrol car successful the bushes astatine Collector (C8), made we wonder, if it was excessively quiescent astatine Collector, past they could question crossed to the Hume Highway astatine the colony of Bookham to proceed their job.”

“In a league of their own? As a rusted connected Parramatta Eels fan, I often notation those who mock a losing streak of immoderate 38 years since their past premiership, to the England nationalist shot squad that hasn’t won a large trophy since the 1966 World Cup,” says George Zivkovic of Northmead. “The Three Lions’ Football’s Coming Home being played connected a loop astatine Euro 2024 is conscionable a tad premature methinks?” Granny wonders however it tin travel location astatine all. They’ve ne'er won the Euros.

“I, too, thought of becoming a podiatrist (C8), but I conscionable couldn’t get my ft successful the door,” laments Mike Dalton of Gowrie (ACT).

The Isabel Ireland courtesies continue: “Column 8 surely brought backmost the memories of surviving successful Wagga Wagga,” claims Robyn Lewis of Raglan. “My girl Georgia was taught by Isabel Ireland (C8) successful a Sunday School people astatine the Presbyterian religion successful the 1980s. I besides judge Sylvia Dewey’s hubby was an fantabulous orthopaedic surgeon who operated connected Georgia galore times. Georgia is present a London writer having a precise engaged week.” All this from a query astir a mates of cardigans.

Column8@smh.com.au

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