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Scammers pose as woman’s daughter stuck at Woolworths with no money

A distressed mum has revealed how a foul scammer posed as her daughter, pretending she was stuck at Woolworths with no money. A distressed Australian mum has warned others after being sent a convincing text message from a scammer posing as her child. The fraudster pretended to be the woman’s child stuck at Woolworths with […]

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Coles will continue price freeze amid cost of living chaos

Coles has extended a popular policy aimed at helping customers reduce pain at the checkout as inflation soars. Coles is extending its price freeze program, in a win for Aussie shoppers staring down the barrel of soaring inflation and interest rate hikes. The supermarket, along with its main rival Woolworths both implemented price freezes on

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Supermarket giant Coles forced to bargaining table under new IR laws

Workers have used powers in the federal government’s new industrial relations laws to bring supermarket giant Coles to the bargaining table almost three years after their last pay deal lapsed. Retail unions wrote to Coles in December requesting wage negotiations following the passage last month of the Secure Jobs, Better Pay laws, which unilaterally empower workers

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How climate change is affecting your local supermarket

Despite advances in technology and infrastructure, transport supply chains have begun to face new challenges in getting groceries to consumers. KEY POINTS: Flooding in Western Australia is expected to keep roads closed in parts of the Kimberley for almost another week. A road transport industry head says interruptions to freight operations due to extreme weather

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No cheap chips: wild weather creates ‘crunch time’ for potatoes

In a normal summer, potato grower Robert Cerchiaro would heavily push his produce to supermarkets and offer discounts to bolster sales, but record rainfall in 2022 that saturated his land means he is cutting back promotions to keep up with regular orders. The general manager of Gippsland-based Red Gem Growers, which farms about 3000 acres

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‘Stomped on and ruined’: Another food delivery service collapses

It’s been a horror 2022 for food delivery services in Australia, and before the year finishes there has been yet another casualty. A horror 2022 for food delivery services in Australia has seen yet another casualty, with a popular online grocer shocking customers by announcing an almost instant closure. On Wednesday, Melbourne business YourGrocer, which

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Woolworths barks up a new tree, splashes $586m on PETstock owner

Woolworths Group boss Brad Banducci says there is plenty of growth left in the booming pet sector, from doggy daycare to nutrition and grooming, after the grocery giant snapped up a 55 per cent stake in pet business Petspiration Group for $586 million. After a puppy boom during COVID-19 lockdowns, the retailer will use funds

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Jeff Kennett slammed by government grocery reviewer

Key points: Supermarkets employ “arbiters” as independent adjudicators between them and suppliers A government review has slammed Coles’ arbiter Jeff Kennett on a range of issues The reviewer says his behaviour shows why it needs tougher powers including fines The supermarket watchdog has slammed former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett for “flawed” decision-making and failing to

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Woolworths praised as employees given bodycams for safety reasons

The supermarket giant has been praised for introducing a bold security measure in a bid to keep its employees safe. Woolworths has been praised over a hi-tech new safety feature it has introduced to help keep its employees safe. The supermarket giant has been trialling police-style bodycams in a number of its stores in a

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IGA

Whites’s IGA officially unveils sixth store at Forest Glen Village Centre

IGA was officially opened on 14 December at a ceremony hosted by Shane Jacobson, Mayor Mark Jamieson, and Ted O’Brien MP. When Roz and Michael White first ventured into the world of groceries and supermarkets back in 1993, little did they know they were embarking on a journey that would change the way people on

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Pubs to pets: Woolworths sells $636m Endeavour Group stake

Woolworths was selling a $636 million stake in pubs and bottleshops business Endeavour Group on Tuesday night, in a capital recycling trade via investment bank UBS. Woolworths is expected to use proceeds for investments and general corporate purposes, according to terms sent to potential buyers, instantly sending thoughts to Woolworths’ imminent move on pet goods

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Woolworths’ proposed acquisition of SUPA IGA Karabar

The ACCC has outlined preliminary competition concerns with Woolworths’s (ASX:WOW) proposed acquisition of the independent supermarket operating as SUPA IGA in Karabar, and co-located liquor store operating as Liquor Boss, in a statement of issues published today. Woolworths and SUPA IGA Karabar currently compete in supplying groceries in the broader Queanbeyan region (encompassing Karabar and

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