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DID YOU KNOW that only 15% of the products on our supermarket shelves are from Australian owned companies? And did you know that those foreign owned companies that provide 85% of what’s in the supermarket pay little or no tax in Australia?
Would you be surprised to know that 100% of the very food Australian babies eat is from non-Australian companies? Here’s a breakdown of who owns what’s on your supermarket shelf.
Foreign companies own . . .
80 % of the Abattoirs
100 % of the Baby Food
80 % of the Baked Beans
75 % of the Beef Processing
50 % of the Beer
90 % of the Biscuits
50 % of the Bread (major)
65 % of the Breakfast Cereals
50 % of the Cheese
85 % of the Frozen Vegetables
40 % of the Meat Pies
85 % of the Pet Food
Source: AUSBUY
What will you do?
It’s up to you as an Australian to decide if you support Australian products and Australian companies. We have the resources, the knowledge and the manpower to provide for our people. All we need is the will and support to make it happen.
Buying Australian products means more jobs for Australians and less imports. Two additional and very important benefits of buying Australian products are profits that stay in Australia to improve our economy and a fair share of taxes paid to support our roads, transport, medical and a host of things to improve Australian lives.
More Australian companies needed
Proud Australian businesses must step into the fray in their own fields and reclaim ownership of the Australian marketplace. When they do, will you support them with your hard earned dollar? Or will you simply take the easy way out and winge later when another Australian business or Aussie icon is taken over? It’s up to you.
Some of the brands and products owned by foreign companies
| USA Ampol Amway Arnott’s Avon Birds Eye Pal Caltex Campbells Chum Colgate Continental Edgell Heinz Golden Circle IXL Kellogs Kirks Soft Drinks Masterfoods | USA Mt. Franklin Water Black and Decker Tandy Electronics Pringles Smiths Sorbent Twisties Valvoline Victa Mowers Watties Canada McCain Foods Sweden Kangaroo Matches Indonesia Koala Matches | England Aeroguard Aussie Family Billy Tea Bundaberg Bushells Tea Cadbury Castrol Cottees John West Lipton Tea Macleans Mortein Ned Kelly Bread Qantas Holidays Ribena Fruit Juice Schweppes Streets Tip Top Bread Thomas Cook | New Zealand Traveland Holland Mercantile Mutual Shell TNT France Cradle Valley Cheese National Mutual Japan Bridgestone Dairy Farmers Fountain Jeanswest Swan Lager Tooheys | South Africa Country Road Sportsgirl Taubmans Malaysia Kambrook Safcol Tuna Video Ezy Switzerland Friskies Lucky Dog Uncle Toby’s Hong Kong Esprit |
