Kuchepetsa kumwa mbatata ku Australia sikokwanira kutsekereza kugulitsa bizinesi yonyamula mbatata ya Thomas Foods International kwa mnzake waku South Australia, Mitolo, wowongolera mpikisano wapadziko lonse wapeza.
Ngakhale mpikisano mumsika wa mbatata ungachepe ngati Mitolo adatenga bizinesi ya TFI yonyamula ndi kugulitsa zambiri, ndipo kuchepa kwa zomwe zidafunikira kudabweretsa "zovuta" kwa olima mbatata, Australia Competition and Consumer Commission yati alimi ambiri ali ndi njira zina pamsika ngati sakukhutira ndi Mitolo mikhalidwe.
Kuchepa kwa zakumwa kudzapitilizabe kukhudza alimi aku Australia mosasamala kanthu kuti zoperekazo zipitilira.
"Ndemanga kuchokera kwa omwe amalima mbatata ndi ena omwe akuchita nawo mafakitale akuti ngati Mitolo akufuna kutsitsa mitengo yomwe amalipira, alimi ambiri azitha kusinthana ndi masheya olimbirana," watero wachiwiri kwa wapampando wa ACCC a Mick Keogh. Ena amatha kusinthanitsa ndi mbatata zomwe zikulimidwa kuti azikonza mbatata. ”
Mitolo ndi TFI amalima mbatata ndikugulitsa masheya ku SA, ndipo amapezekanso pakupeza mbewu zina kuchokera kwa omwe amalima ena, komanso kupezeka kwa mbatata kutsukidwa m'misika yayikulu ndi ogulitsa.
Bizinesi yazaka 50 ya Mitolo imalima mbatata ndi anyezi ku SA ndi NSW pamisika yogulitsa kuzungulira Australia, kupatula Tasmania ndi Western Australia, ngakhale zimangopeza zochepa kuchokera kwa olima ena.
TFI, yomwe imagwiritsa ntchito kwambiri nyama, imapereka mbatata zatsopano zotsuka, njira zogulitsa ndi kugulitsa kunja, koma imagula gawo lalikulu kwambiri kuchokera kwa alimi ena.
Kampaniyo idachita bizinesi ya mbatata mu 2013 pomwe idagula Mondello Farms.