We are very often asked by the media and our customers why we believe it is so important to buy Australian. While the answer is both straight forward and simple we find most people are shocked to find out that 85% of the products in the average Australian grocery trolley are made by foreign owned companies. This results in $100 million a day going outside Australia! Now we all now facts like these can often be stated for shock value, however, when comparing Australia with Japan in this context the result is even more shocking - 98% of goods in Japan's supermarkets are owned by Japanese organisations.
There are two key reasons to support Australian owned companies – profits stay in Australia and jobs are created for Australians. Sounds simple doesn't it? Well it is even more simple if consider this - if every Australian redirects $10 per week from foreign owned companies and foreign made items to Australian products, Australia would save $4 billion per year and create 100,000 new jobs. (Source: Ausbuy)
