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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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 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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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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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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The supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths’ Shoppers are warned to expect the prices to soar, as the cost of living in Australia climbs even further. The new research has revealed that the cost of products on shelves at supermarkets could increase by a whopping 12 per cent this year Last week, the reserve bank of
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The $900m grocery wholesaler Metcash has hired investment bank Goldman Sachs to consider buying Superior Food Services from Quadrant Private Equity. Metcash is among trade buyers and private equity firms considering an acquisition of Superior Food Services in the second round of the competition. How serious Metcash’s pursuit of the business is remains unclear, with
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Australian supermarkets have responded after a major meat and seafood supplier faced allegations of corruption. While the name JBS Foods may not ring any bells for most consumers, the Brazilian meat company is the biggest meat manufacturer in the world and supplies Woolworths, Coles, Aldi, IGA and many more popular food retailers in Australia. Shoppers
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Supermarket giant Woolworths has posted a 9.7 per cent jump in March quarter sales to $15.12 billion, underpinned by its Australian supermarkets which gained on the back of higher food prices as inflation edged up. It was another bumpy period as a fresh COVID-19 surge in early January led to higher at home food consumption,
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