date:Apr 25, 2013
vate label products, said Peter Kelly, Managing Director SPC Ardmona. We are competing against products from countries that have considerably lower labour and production costs and arguably lower quality standards than we have in Australia, he said.
A more than 50 per cent appreciation in the Australian dollar in the past four years has made cheap imported food even cheaper and has also severely impacted on our export markets, Mr Kelly said.
SPC Ardmona said market share of imported private lab