Read the brutal note IGA boss wrote to customers after his bitter feud with milk supplier left the shop without any Dare Iced Coffee – as he reveals the reason why their relationship soured Mysterious note was plastered to a fridge at Norris Park IGA in Albury, NSW It claimed the absence of Dare Iced […]
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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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 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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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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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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Metcash says it is focusing on closing the price gap between its stores and major competitors Coles and Woolworths as it warns of accelerating food and grocery inflation. The wholesaler, which also operates IGA and Foodland brands, said prices were up 4.9 per cent for the first quarter of a financial year ending April 30,
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