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Aldi Faces Accusations of Deliberate Wage Underpayment

Aldi, the supermarket chain, is facing allegations of intentionally underpaying over 20,000 current and former employees by more than $150 million in unpaid wages. The Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association has initiated a class action in the Federal Court, asserting that Aldi violated workplace laws over a six-year period by requiring store employees to

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Aldi Advances as Food Inflation Eases; Retailers Face Pricing and Theft Challenges

The latest industry report by Jarden and the Australian Food & Grocery Council suggests a decline in food price inflation. Aldi continues outperforming its competitors and reclaims the market share it lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is supported by value-seeking customers, an expanded product range, increased cross-shopping, growth in own-brand sales, and improved supply

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Coles & Woolworths: 2023 Profits Amid Challenges

The Australian grocery sector is set to face heightened public attention as supermarket leaders Coles and Woolworths prepare to announce their yearly profits. However, experts suggest that escalating costs might hinder sector growth. Coles and Woolworths shares have seen significant appreciation leading up to their August announcements, with Coles’ stock rising 9.2% since the beginning

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Aldi Dominates Australian Supermarket Ratings

Once again, Aldi has emerged as the top-rated supermarket in Australia, maintaining its position despite the ongoing cost of living challenges faced by the nation. According to the annual Supermarket Satisfaction Ratings conducted by Canstar Blue, Aldi secured its lead by receiving five-star ratings across various categories including overall satisfaction, value for money, produce freshness,

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Supermarket Home brand products flourish amid cost-of-living crisis

The landscape of supermarket-owned brands in Australia has undergone a significant transformation in recent years. Once known for basic, budget products, these brands have now adopted a more premium, sophisticated look that often goes unnoticed as being owned by the supermarket. This transformation has occurred as a result of steady investment by major grocery giants,

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ACCC okays Coles, Woolies and Aldi taskforce to find short-term fix for collapsed REDcycle scheme

The nation’s leading supermarket retailers, led by Coles, Woolworths and Aldi, will form part of a Soft Plastics Taskforce to explore solutions to address the immediate effects of the recent collapse of the REDcycle scheme for soft plastics. They received conditional interim authorisation from the competition regulator on Friday. Coles, Woolworths and ALDI lodged an

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Food retailers need to tread carefully as prices soar

Major chains need to balance the needs of all stakeholders – consumers, suppliers and shareholders – to avoid greater scrutiny. Australia’s major supermarket chains are engaged in a delicate balancing act as food prices rise at the fastest pace in decades, adding to pressure on household budgets. Coles, Woolworths, Aldi and wholesaler Metcash face a backlash from

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Aussie supermarket owners reject self-serve checkouts

Supermarket chain IGA is shaking things up with a new concept store, delivering a uniquely old-fashioned bespoke service, with some huge differences to Coles, Woolworths and Aldi. The new stores, named IGA Local Grocer, will allow customers to choose which products they stock and are being rolled out in hundreds of locations across the country. Every Local Grocer you

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Aldi’s fruit and vegetables named best in supermarket industry

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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