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Coles is launching technology to closely monitor shopper activities

Coles is intensively implementing new technology to monitor shoppers from the moment they step into the store. The supermarket chain plans to employ overhead cameras, cart locks, advanced gates, and, surprisingly, fog machines to counteract the growing theft issue. Matt Swindells, the Chief Operating Officer of Coles, stated emphatically, “If you’re stealing, we’ll catch you.” […]

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ACCC Urged to Block Coles’ Milk Factory Buy Amid Competition Worries

News / Dan Armes

Dairy farmers’ representatives are urging the competition regulator to prevent supermarket behemoth Coles from purchasing two milk processing plants. In April 2023, Saputo, a milk processor, disclosed the sale of its Laverton factory in Victoria and its Erskine Park facility in New South Wales to Coles for a sum of $105 million. This sale is

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Rising Profits Spark Debate on Supermarket Dominance in Australia

News / Dan Armes

Vivienne Mitchell’s brief TikTok video conveys a powerful message that has garnered widespread attention. Highlighting the economic disparities, she notes in her video, “In Australia, some have to work for two hours to buy an eight-pack of razors.” She contrasts this with a subsequent clip of the razors priced at $10 in a different store.

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Activists Use Mock Tags to Highlight Cost-of-Living Crisis

News / Dan Armes

A mischief-maker has been altering promotional labels in two leading supermarkets to express discontent over the rising living costs. This action follows the announcement of Coles and Woolworths generating a staggering $1.1bn and $1.6bn in profits, respectively last financial year. These altered tags, which look like discount price labels, have been appearing in both supermarket

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Commonwealth Bank of Australia Cuts Funding to Fossil Fuels

News / Dan Armes

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), the country’s largest bank, has pledged to reduce its financing of fossil fuel projects, a significant move towards the energy transition of the economy. This announcement was part of the bank’s newly updated climate policy, which was mostly praised by climate advocacy groups. CBA has stated that it will

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Dumped Groceries Found Near Melbourne Coles Store

News / Dan Armes

In Melbourne’s south-east, a Coles supermarket faced an unusual situation as thousands of dollars worth of groceries were discovered dumped behind the store. The discarded items included non-perishable goods like nappies, flour, soft drinks, dog food, and toilet paper. The findings were made by a pair of tradies who stumbled upon skip bins outside the

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Coles’ Bid for Milk Processing Plants Sparks Competition Concerns

News / Dan Armes

The nation’s second-largest supermarket chain, Coles, is considering an unprecedented move of owning and operating its own milk processing plants. This development has raised concerns about potential reduced competition in the market. The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has expressed preliminary worries about Coles’ proposed acquisition of two Saputo milk processing plants located in

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Aussie Shoppers Tighten Belts Amid Rising Costs

News / Dan Armes

Leaked internal sales data from Coles, the nation’s second-largest supermarket chain, indicates that consumers are feeling the squeeze in their wallets. As inflation and interest rates have been on the rise for over a year, people are cutting back on their weekly essentials, such as kitchen cleaners, body wash, sponges, wipes, and bathroom disinfectants. The

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Coles Unveils Australia’s First Automated Warehouse for Supermarkets

News / Dan Armes

Coles, a major supermarket chain in Australia, has revealed a significant transformation in its operations by introducing an automated warehouse to replace human packers with advanced machines. This pioneering automated distribution centre, situated in Brisbane, is the first of its kind in the country and will utilise cutting-edge robots instead of traditional warehouse workers. The

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Coles and Woolworths Accused of Underpaying Workers in Overtime Scandal

News / Dan Armes

The Federal Court has been informed that Coles and Woolworths cheated their employees out of overtime pay by implementing a payment system that deviated from Australia’s industrial awards system. The Fair Work Ombudsman and two class action claimants jointly initiated a trial against the supermarket giants, alleging that workers were underpaid over a span of

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Coles Unearths More Underpaid Wages, Faces $25M Settlement

News / Dan Armes

Coles, the latest company to acknowledge underpaying its employees, revealed on Friday that it had discovered further wage discrepancies for salaried managers. As a result, it would need to pay an additional $25 million to these workers, bringing the total amount owed to $50 million. In 2021, Coles had already incurred $13 million in remedial

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Supermarket Giants Dominate Australia’s Fresh Bread Market

News / Dan Armes

According to the latest findings from Roy Morgan in the year leading up to December 2022, Woolworths Group and Coles Group, the two major supermarket chains, have a combined market share of 60.4% in Australia’s fresh bread market, which is valued at $2.5 billion. Although the overall size of the fresh bread market has decreased

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

News / Dan Armes

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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Coles is launching technology to closely monitor shopper activities

ACCC Urged to Block Coles’ Milk Factory Buy Amid Competition Worries

Rising Profits Spark Debate on Supermarket Dominance in Australia

Activists Use Mock Tags to Highlight Cost-of-Living Crisis

Commonwealth Bank of Australia Cuts Funding to Fossil Fuels

Dumped Groceries Found Near Melbourne Coles Store

Coles’ Bid for Milk Processing Plants Sparks Competition Concerns

Aussie Shoppers Tighten Belts Amid Rising Costs

Coles Unveils Australia’s First Automated Warehouse for Supermarkets

Coles and Woolworths Accused of Underpaying Workers in Overtime Scandal

Coles Unearths More Underpaid Wages, Faces $25M Settlement

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

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