An elderly woman is suing supermarket giant Aldi after she suffered a fractured hip when she was struck by a trolley and fell to the ground at a Victorian store during a television buying frenzy. The 73-year-old Geelong woman, who does not want to be named, was injured during a “special buys” sale at the […]
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Hundreds of household staples are being reduced at Woolworths as the supermarket offers mild reprieve for consumers. Hundreds of household staples are being reduced at Woolworths as the supermarket offers mild reprieve for consumers fielding rising costs of living in just about every other arena. More than 400 items will be reduced in price for
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Sustainability groups are calling for unnecessary best-before dates on packaged fresh produce to be scrapped in an effort to cut down on household waste. But stricter food standards mean waste initiatives adopted overseas are unlikely to make it to Australian shores anytime soon. A number of British supermarkets such as Waitrose, Marks & Spencer and
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A feature of the fruit and vegetable section at the supermarket giant will be missing from shelves by the end of the month. Coles will trial a ban on plastic fresh produce bags in ACT supermarkets this month as part of an ongoing effort to cut down on single-use plastic waste. Single-use plastic fresh produce
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Woolworths Group senior executive Claire Peters has resigned to move to Seattle to become global vice president at online grocery delivery service Amazon Fresh. Ms Peters formerly ran Woolworth’s 1000-odd supermarkets for three years, but in 2020 moved into a newly created position as managing director of B2B and Everyday Needs, where she oversaw a
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For many people, receiving criticism triggers a stress response that makes their heart race, their blood pressure rise, and their perception of danger to become more astute. It’s the same response your body would have to, for instance, being chased by a lion. Wrap the health of your supermarket up into the equation and you
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Supermarket giant Woolworths is ramping up its presence in grocery delivery and muscling in on smaller start-ups by expanding its new 60-minute delivery service Metro60 to north-west Melbourne. The nation’s largest grocery retailer is scrambling to compete in the online delivery space with numerous start-ups popping up to deliver fast groceries in the inner city over the
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IGA and Foodland supermarkets have been told to focus on volume sales and competitive prices rather than hiking up prices like other supermarkets amid rising inflation. Metcash which owns the IGA and Foodland supermarkets network is said to be concerned that hiking up prices would see customers ditch the independent retailers for the duopoly of
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Metcash has asked retailers operating under its IGA and Foodland brands to resist raising shelf prices despite rising inflation putting pressure on store profits, warning it could mean a loss of customers to Woolworths and Coles. Operators of IGA and Foodland supermarkets were told at their national conference on the Gold Coast last month that
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The Melbourne woman claimed she was injured after slipping on lettuce and fought the supermarket giant for compensation. A Coles shopper has lost her court battle for compensation after she slipped on a piece of lettuce at the supermarket and claimed the fall caused her knee and spinal injuries. Kanwaleen Bhelley claimed that she suffered
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The viability of the nation’s biggest manufacturing sector is at-risk from rising supply chain, workforce and cost pressures, with the $134bn food and grocery industry revealing a 17.1 per cent plunge in exports. Food and grocery manufacturers, which employ almost 273,000 workers, have recorded another year of stagnant capital investment growth despite benefiting from a
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Supermarket giant Woolworths Group has gained the tick of approval from the competition regulator on its planned acquisition of online marketplace retailer MyDeal. Woolworths, through its 176 bricks and mortar Big W stores and supermarkets, and MyDeal, through its online marketplace, sell a variety of general merchandise including furniture, health and beauty products, homewares and
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