I've looked at the beef market a bit in the past couple of years. Almost all beef is sold over seas for much larger profits. The souce for local beef is quite small. They then use this as an excuse to jack the price on beef in AU. Which means Tas probably just gets more money through international markets. The stress will be finding new partners. But, based on the fact over 75% of Au beef goes over seas already, I suspect it won't be a big issue in the long term.
Addressing non-compete:
If Woolies not buying the meat. The contract is most likely terminated. Non-compete seems incredibly unlikely at that point.
Worse case they try and enforce it, while not buying. Law suits follow quickly. It looks bad for Woolworths to ignore Tas meat. It'll look doubly bad for them to ignore it and try and hurt the vulnerable Tas economy further. I doubt they'd risk that legal maneuvering.
Of course, I could be wrong, and Woolworths fucks everything up. It seems to be the new norm in corporate and political spheres. Just fuck everything up for your self and the people. Then blame everyone else for your mistakes and double down on the dumb decision making.
YsMan
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