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. By comparison, in Japan, 98% of goods in 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. If every Australian redirects $10 per week from foreign owned companies and foreign made products to Australian, Australia would save $4 billion per year and create 100,000 new jobs. (source: Ausbuy)

Foreign ownership of Australian companies has doubled in the past decade. The money leaving Australia to foreign owners reached $12 billion in 1999. (source: Sun Herald 17 September 2000). The following list of Australian food categories list the level of foreign ownership).

Food Company	% of foreign ownership	Food company	% of foreign ownership
Abattoirs	80	Bread (major)	50
Baby food	100	Breakfast cereals	65
Baked Beans	80	Cheese	50
Beef Processing	75	Frozen Vegetables	85
Beer	50	Meat Pies	40
Biscuits	90	Pet Food	85