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Avocado

“Truckloads gone to waste”: Avocado harvests dumped amid low prices in supermarkets

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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Inflation

Coles and Woolworths to Increase the Cost of Products as Inflation Continues to Soar

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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Metcash

Metcash hires Goldman Sachs to weigh Superior Food Services bid

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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JBS

Woolworths, Aldi respond to reports of corruption at meat supplier JBS

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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wages

Woolworths boss calls for retail wages to increase amid rising inflation

The head of supermarket giant Woolworths has called for an increase in retail workers’ wages to keep up with the rapidly rising rate of inflation across the industry. In a message to shareholders on Tuesday morning announcing the business’ third-quarter trading results, chief executive Brad Banducci said he backed a proposal from the Australian Retailers Association industry

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drive-through

Woolworths unveils plans for drive-through only store in Sydney

Woolworths has launched a bid to open its first drive-through only store in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. As part of a $560,000 proposed redevelopment, the supermarket giant is seeking to turn an old Rose Bay Caltex service station site into a dedicated pick-up site for customers collecting online orders. There would be no in-store shopping at

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lobsters

Supermarkets go head-to-head over $22 lobsters for Easter rush

The latest battleground between Australia’s biggest supermarkets is the price of local lobster as grocers look to capitalise on the annual Easter seafood rush. Both Coles and Woolworths have committed to selling Western Australian-sourced rock lobsters at $22 each, which is almost half the traditional price per whole lobster. Starting from tomorrow, Woolworths says it

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unpaid wages

Federal Court says unpaid wages cases against Woolworths and Coles could be merged into one proceeding

The country’s supermarket giants face the prospect of a marathon, highly damaging legal action on unpaid wages for up to 28,000 employees after the Federal Court said four separate proceedings could be merged into one. In an unusual move, the court said two claims brought against Woolworths and Coles by the Fair Work Ombudsman could

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Woolworths

Woolworths grows greener

Monday, 21 March 2022: Woolworths will be phasing out its 15-cent plastic shopping bags in Western Australia over the next month – the first major supermarket to do so ahead of new state legislation banning a variety of plastic shopping bags from July this year. Over the coming weeks, stores across the state will gradually run down stock

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plant-based burger

Woolworths takes on ‘mission Impossible’ with plant-based burger

Impossible Foods president Dennis Woodside sees the company’s plant-based burgers, sausages and other products more as bypassing the cow rather than fake meat, as well as potentially helping in the fight against inflation. The burger, backed by Bill Gates and other Silicon Valley heavyweights, is deepening its expansion into Australia, launching in Woolworths on Monday as

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