Plant-based milks – or “alternatives” as they are called in Europe – were meant to spark a revolution, but in the dairy fridges of Australian supermarkets, shoppers are voting with their wallets. Sales of fresh plant-based milks – including soy, nut, oat, rice and coconut – have slumped as much as 36.2 per cent, according […]
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A chain of regional IGA stores are facing an increasing trend of teenage theft and threats towards staff, leaving owners no choice but to kick them out. A chain of IGA stores in Geraldton, a coastal city four hours north of Perth, is facing an increasing trend of petty theft and threats towards staff. In
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Coles and Woolworths have a lot to answer for given their trumpeting of their leadership with the soft plastic recycling scheme, encouraging us all for years to return bags to their stores (“$3.5m bill to dump plastics in landfill”, February 4). It beggars belief that they had no knowledge of this disaster with REDcycle, that
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The nation’s leading packaged grocery suppliers, from tinned vegetables to laundry detergent makers, will get their first chance in 2023 to hear from Coles executives about the supermarket’s strategies for the year at a suppliers forum this month. Coles has decided to launch its first suppliers forum purely for packaged or dried grocery suppliers –
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A Victorian grocery owner has turned the tables on a group of bumbling would-be thieves, sending them scampering in fear after a botched robbery attempt. The group had only been in the empty Kinglake Foodworks store for a few seconds when they copped an unpleasant surprise. Gloved-up, wearing balaclavas and wielding crowbars – the three
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A supermarket spokesperson has shared the controversial news in a statement. Coles supermarket has confirmed a major change to selected stores across Australia in a new statement. The retail giant has announced that it has reduced the trading hours of its deli counters at some Coles stores. The popular service area will now close at
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Warehouse worker unions are opposing a push by Woolworths for sector-wide changes that would ensure staff at new online fulfilment centres are paid like supermarket workers. Woolworths has applied to vary the retail award so that it covers staff at its e-stores and online fulfilment centres and has declared it has the backing of Coles
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has written to pet goods suppliers and other industry players, to investigate how Woolworths’ planned move in the sector could impact competition. The ACCC sent letters to industry players this week, asking them about competition for pet products and services and how speciality pet chains like Petspiration’s PETstock may
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Farmers are being offered record prices for their milk but Coles is taking a longer-term view to shore up supply and help steady the cost at the checkout. Coles has offered dairy farmers steep price increases under longer-term contracts in an effort to shore up the supply of its private label milk and keep sticker
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The Woolies’ CEO has told news.com.au the days of rocketing supermarket prices may be over – but there’s a caveat with his bold prediction. The boss of Australia’s largest supermarket chain has some good news for cash stressed shoppers – rocketing food inflation may finally come down to earth. But there’s a catch: Woolworths chief
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Woolworths has reportedly decided to axe a major feature of its supermarkets, meaning around 500 workers could soon be out of the job. Close to 500 Woolworths employees could soon be left jobless after the supermarket chain reportedly decided to shut down one of its major features. Woolworths has decided to close 250 of its
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Coles debuts Next Gen store in Victoria – with dozens of customers asking when a version will be in their local neighbourhood. A next generation Coles has led to supermarket shoppers demanding similar stores come to their area. Coles Southland, based in Cheltenham, Victoria is a next generation store that opened in November 2022. However,
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Two teen girls have been charged and will appear in children’s court on Wednesday. A supermarket manager was allegedly pepper sprayed in the face while trying to stop teen shoplifters raiding their store. Two girls, aged 13 and 14 respectively, have been charged with aggravated armed robbery over the alleged incident at Ashfield IGA on
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