A Brisbane man has been charged following an alleged armed robbery at Foodworks on Main Street, Park Avenue. A police spokesperson told CQ Today a 23-year-old man from Algester, a suburb in Brisbane, had been charged with armed robbery. Police alleged the man held up the store at knifepoint on Sunday, 2 October, before police […]
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Australia’s two biggest supermarkets have both vowed to cut the cost of hundreds of items in their stores as the cost of living continues to soar. Coles announced today it will reduce the price of 150 of its products by 10-40 percent from Wednesday. The lower prices will be locked in until the end of January next year.
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Key points: The North Buderim IGA has closed after being unable to compete with a Coles complex Staff have found other jobs, but there are fears the closure will impact the remaining nine stores in the complex Centre management is confident of finding a tenant to fill the void A battle between supermarkets has been
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Aldi customers have ranked the budget supermarket’s fruit and vegetables better than its pricier competitors, according to a new poll. The results come from Canstar Blue’s Customer Awards where shoppers voted Aldi’s greens into the top spot for the second year running. Customers voted across five categories — “value for money”, “freshness of produce”, “variety”,
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The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a $21,450 penalty in court against the former operator of an IGA supermarket in Perth. The Federal Circuit and Family Court has imposed the penalty against S & L Lenz Pty Ltd, which was formerly the franchisee of the IGA supermarket in Byford. The penalty was imposed in response
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Viva Energy will buy Coles Express to become Australia’s largest fuel and convenience operator, pouncing with a $300m deal after several tough years as the Covid-19 pandemic dampened fuel sales. An alliance deal between the pair had been due to run until 2029 but will now be axed with Viva to take on full ownership
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It’s the conversation every supermarket manager or owner dreads. You’ve noticed that one of your employees is habitually underperforming. You also know that handling the issue before it grows is incredibly important. But where do you begin? How do you have these difficult conversations without creating feelings of resentment on either side or making the
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Understanding how to deal with a robbery at your supermarket is great. However, making efforts to reduce your risk of crime in the first place is better. While no business owner ever assumes that their business will be the target of a robbery, it’s impossible to eliminate the possibility entirely. To reduce your risk of
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The national medicines regulator will consider restricting the sale of paracetamol after an independent expert report raised concern about overdoses in teenagers. In a statement, the Therapeutic Goods Administration said it would begin a consultation process regarding recommendations in the report, which included purchase limits of one or two packs per person and restricting sale
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Independent supermarket retailers are set to end their long practice of multi-employer agreements because the test for approving the deals is too strict to allow the flexibilities they want. Master Grocers Association has been consulting dozens of IGA and Foodland stores on whether they want to terminate expired multi-employer agreements that deliver flexibility on penalty
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Surveillance video has caught the moment a Melbourne couple fought a knife-wielding robber trying to steal from their grocery store. The armed robber has been identified as 43-year-old Shaun Taylor who this week was sentenced to three years and three months in jail. The shocking video from the Foodworks store in Collingwood shows Taylor charging
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Straight off the back of his television cooking debut, Matt Moncrieff is using his fifteen minutes of fame to urge big supermarkets to stock more native Australian ingredients and herbs. Moncrieff appeared in the latest season of reality cooking competition, My Kitchen Rules, alongside best friend Kaitlin ‘KT’ Pisani. The Yamatji man, 36, said he
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Key points: WA councils would like stronger state laws to allow them to tackle abandoned trolleys Supermarkets say they are implementing measures to address trolleys taken from stores Fines appear to have limited affect on addressing the problem A Perth council that has more than 100 abandoned shopping trolleys at its operations centre says it
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