A supermarket spokesperson has shared the controversial news in a statement. Coles supermarket has confirmed a major change to selected stores across Australia in a new statement. The retail giant has announced that it has reduced the trading hours of its deli counters at some Coles stores. The popular service area will now close at
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Warehouse worker unions are opposing a push by Woolworths for sector-wide changes that would ensure staff at new online fulfilment centres are paid like supermarket workers. Woolworths has applied to vary the retail award so that it covers staff at its e-stores and online fulfilment centres and has declared it has the backing of Coles
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The Woolies’ CEO has told news.com.au the days of rocketing supermarket prices may be over – but there’s a caveat with his bold prediction. The boss of Australia’s largest supermarket chain has some good news for cash stressed shoppers – rocketing food inflation may finally come down to earth. But there’s a catch: Woolworths chief
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Coles debuts Next Gen store in Victoria – with dozens of customers asking when a version will be in their local neighbourhood. A next generation Coles has led to supermarket shoppers demanding similar stores come to their area. Coles Southland, based in Cheltenham, Victoria is a next generation store that opened in November 2022. However,
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Two teen girls have been charged and will appear in children’s court on Wednesday. A supermarket manager was allegedly pepper sprayed in the face while trying to stop teen shoplifters raiding their store. Two girls, aged 13 and 14 respectively, have been charged with aggravated armed robbery over the alleged incident at Ashfield IGA on
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Supermarket giant Coles’ two-item buying limit on frozen potato products is yet to have an end date as Australia’s spud shortage takes a toll on the nation’s pubs and food retailers. Coles had introduced a temporary limit on frozen chips before Christmas, with a spokesperson saying last week this would continue as poor weather across
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Read the brutal note IGA boss wrote to customers after his bitter feud with milk supplier left the shop without any Dare Iced Coffee – as he reveals the reason why their relationship soured Mysterious note was plastered to a fridge at Norris Park IGA in Albury, NSW It claimed the absence of Dare Iced
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Workers have used powers in the federal government’s new industrial relations laws to bring supermarket giant Coles to the bargaining table almost three years after their last pay deal lapsed. Retail unions wrote to Coles in December requesting wage negotiations following the passage last month of the Secure Jobs, Better Pay laws, which unilaterally empower workers
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Despite advances in technology and infrastructure, transport supply chains have begun to face new challenges in getting groceries to consumers. KEY POINTS: Flooding in Western Australia is expected to keep roads closed in parts of the Kimberley for almost another week. A road transport industry head says interruptions to freight operations due to extreme weather
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Key points: Supermarkets employ “arbiters” as independent adjudicators between them and suppliers A government review has slammed Coles’ arbiter Jeff Kennett on a range of issues The reviewer says his behaviour shows why it needs tougher powers including fines The supermarket watchdog has slammed former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett for “flawed” decision-making and failing to
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The supermarket giant has been praised for introducing a bold security measure in a bid to keep its employees safe. Woolworths has been praised over a hi-tech new safety feature it has introduced to help keep its employees safe. The supermarket giant has been trialling police-style bodycams in a number of its stores in a
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‘We went in over the weekend and couldn’t believe it, it’s ridiculous.’ ALDI supermarket has confirmed a major change to the way it prices its items at stores. The retail giant has rolled out digital price tags on shelves to all stores in South Australia, as well as selected stores in New South Wales and
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Queues will be a thing of the past as Woolworths introduces Scan&Go checkouts in select stores. A major Aussie supermarket is making queues a thing of the past with its introduction of new registers. Woolworths customers have started to spot Scan&Go terminals in stores. While they are only available in 66 stores currently, there are
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