It’s only getting harder for Australians to get their weekly grocery shop done within their budget. Milk appears to be the latest victim of the cost of living crisis, with supermarket giant Coles lifting the price on its home brand varieties. Coles says it has been forced to increase the price of its milk amid a rise in […]
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Metcash, a supplier to thousands of independent supermarkets, has warned about rising prices after food inflation in its wholesale business leapt to 5.3 per cent in April and 4.5 per cent in May. Metcash chief executive Doug Jones said about 60 per cent of its food and grocery suppliers had approached it for price increases,
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Doug Jones, the new chief executive of grocery wholesaler Metcash, says he has a lot of experience in tackling high-inflation environments after 14 years in South African retail with Massmart Wholesale, and the group aims to build on market share gains as more shoppers shift to local neighbourhood outlets in the IGA network. Mr Jones says
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The nation’s largest grocery chain, Woolworths, says it will focus on boosting productivity, such as moving staff from cash registers to the increasingly popular Direct to Boot service and investing in technology, to help counter the pending significant rise in staff wages. The $41.7 billion retailer has more than 180,000 staff and is one of
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Prices for fresh fruit and vegetables are expected to soar over the coming weeks as supply chain woes continue to affect supermarkets. Prices for fresh fruit and vegetables are expected to soar over the coming weeks as supply chain gaps continue to affect all four supermarket giants. Flooding in March and this month’s heavy rain
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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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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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One of the three “instant” delivery apps trying to take a slice of Australia’s $100 billion annual grocery market has collapsed, in a marker of headwinds facing start-ups that require huge and regular cash injections to have a chance at reaching profitability. Send, which had raised much less money than competitors Voly and Milkrun, went
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The nation’s major food and grocery manufacturers say they are facing increases in costs of up to 700 per cent since the pandemic began and have warned some of that will flow through to the price shoppers pay at the checkout. The cost of implementing Covid safety requirements at factories, sourcing ingredients, the global shortage
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For about $150 each week, Bridget Choi gets to have a direct relationship with the farmers who grow her food. The Lane Cove-based mother-of-three is a long-time customer of Your Food Collective, a female-founded farmer-focused grocery delivery service, and every week she teaches her children about where their food comes from. “You’re able to shop locally,
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Coles will be Australia’s first major supermarket to offer drone delivery for more than 250 of our most popular grocery items making it faster and easier for customers to get what they need. Partnering with global on-demand drone delivery service, Wing, customers in Canberra will be the first to pilot this exciting new technology, with
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Australian food delivery platform Menulog is rolling out a nationwide expansion of its grocery delivery service. The instant delivery space is growing, with startups raising a combined $93 million in the past three months. Grocery and convenience will be a priority in 2022, the company said. Australian food delivery platform Menulog is rolling out a
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