We surveyed over 100 Coles, Woolworths, Aldi and independent stores around Australia and found supermarkets are promoting unhealthy food much more often, and more prominently, than healthier products.
The Bread Famine and the Pawnbroker, Brothers Lesueur (18th century)
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Supermarkets may discount junk foods to capitalise on the ‘impulse buy’.
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Our new study finds in Australian supermarkets, the lower the health star rating, the higher the discounts. The time is ripe for a national conversation about making discounts healthier.