Supermarket giant Woolworths Group has defended its plan to buy listed marketplace MyDeal.com.au after a frosty market reception, saying it would complement its existing businesses, provide greater choice for customers, and create value for all shareholders. The battle of the marketplaces is heating up after Woolworths offered to buy an 80 per cent stake in MyDeal, lifting […]
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The supermarket giant is considering changing the way shoppers can grab a trolley with a trial at one of its stores. Grabbing a shopping trolley at the supermarket may soon require you to download an app and enter your credit card details. New coinless shopping trolley locks are being trialled at one Coles supermarket in Victoria
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The new overhead camera technology is being installed to help reduce scanning errors. Here’s everything you need to know. Woolworths shoppers are divided over the supermarket’s latest security camera trial at self-serve checkouts. The retail giant is installing overhead cameras at the self-serve cash registers at selected Sydney stores to help reduce scanning errors. The trial
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Woolworths will soon overhaul its reusable shopping bag policy in WA in response to new legislation. Woolworths will introduce major changes to its reusable shopping bags over the coming weeks as part of a broader sustainability push. The retail giant will stop selling its 15 cent reusable plastic bags across all WA stores in July,
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An Adelaide Hills supermarket was rammed this morning by a stolen Mercedes-Benz and raided by thieves. CCTV at Coles on Mount Barker Road, Bridgewater captured the moment a luxury car ploughed through the glass doors with passengers who proceeded to rob the store. The pair stole a number of mobile phones before fleeing the scene in
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Beaudesert police are investigating a smash and grab at the town’s IGA early this morning. It’s estimated the thieves got away with eight to ten cartons of cigarettes and about $20,000 in cash after they broke into the office by smashing through the back doors just after three o’clock. The break-in came after a similar
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The nation’s largest and most valuable loyalty points program Flybuys blamed a “technical problem” for as many as 600,000 of members being wrongly issued with boosted points when shopping at Coles and began cancelling the points – but in a gesture of goodwill has now reversed that decision. The erroneously issued points would have seen
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The supermarket giant has submitted plans for a new store that’s unlike anything shoppers have seen before. Supermarket chain Woolworths is planning on opening its first drive-through store in Sydney’s eastern suburbs in a radical move that could shake up the way many of us shop. The retailer confirmed to news.com.au that it had lodged
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Soaring prices for key fruit and vegetables that have already put a rocket under grocery prices and the nation’s inflation rate could worsen heading into winter as poor growing conditions marked by heavy rain and low sunlight further strangles supplies of supermarket essentials. And the new pain for household budgets could be around lettuce and
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Avocado farmers have been forced to dump their harvests as low prices prevent them from recouping transport and labour costs. Grocery comparison app Frugl recorded an average price of $1.65 at Woolworths and $1.75 at Coles for Hass avocados in May. The downside to these bargain prices is that farmers are suffering. One viral video
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Industry figures have warned a devastating price rise affecting farmers will soon be passed on to supermarket shoppers. Industry experts have warned shoppers to prepare for even higher grocery bills as a result of skyrocketing fertiliser prices affecting Aussie farmers. Data obtained from Thomas Elders Markets showed the cost of sending fertiliser to Australia in
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Woolworths has turned on paying with QR codes, a move that will let it link rewards and gift cards to payments to improve the checkout experience for customers and may eventually pressure card giants Mastercard and Visa. Using the COVID-19 check-in method to pay for groceries could also allow Woolworths to reduce payment costs by
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One of Australia’s leading pre-made meals home-delivery services is seeking to ramp up its supermarket presence after strong growth during the Covid-19 pandemic. After more than three decades of being purely a home-delivery service, late last year Brisbane-based Lite n’ Easy launched its Select range into Queensland IGA and Drakes supermarkets offering six of it
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