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Woolworths slammed after raising minimum spend for Direct to Boot service

Woolworths has responded to criticism it’s leaving vulnerable customers disadvantaged after making a change to a popular shopping service. The supermarket giant has increased the minimum spend for online shoppers using its free Direct to Boot service – which allows customers to make an online order and then collect it from their local store without […]

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Supermarket giants in immense failure

News / Dan Armes

Coles and Woolworths have a lot to answer for given their trumpeting of their leadership with the soft plastic recycling scheme, encouraging us all for years to return bags to their stores (“$3.5m bill to dump plastics in landfill”, February 4). It beggars belief that they had no knowledge of this disaster with REDcycle, that

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Coles supermarket confirms major change to stores

News / Dan Armes

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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Woolworths’ pay push for online shopping workers sparks union turf war

News / Dan Armes

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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ACCC sinks teeth into Woolworths pets play

News / Dan Armes

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has written to pet goods suppliers and other industry players, to investigate how Woolworths’ planned move in the sector could impact competition. The ACCC sent letters to industry players this week, asking them about competition for pet products and services and how speciality pet chains like Petspiration’s PETstock may

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Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci says inflation should ease but ‘question is the speed’

News / Dan Armes

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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Woolworths to close majority of in-store butcheries putting jobs at risk

News / Dan Armes

Woolworths has reportedly decided to axe a major feature of its supermarkets, meaning around 500 workers could soon be out of the job. Close to 500 Woolworths employees could soon be left jobless after the supermarket chain reportedly decided to shut down one of its major features. Woolworths has decided to close 250 of its

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Scammers pose as woman’s daughter stuck at Woolworths with no money

News / Dan Armes

A distressed mum has revealed how a foul scammer posed as her daughter, pretending she was stuck at Woolworths with no money. A distressed Australian mum has warned others after being sent a convincing text message from a scammer posing as her child. The fraudster pretended to be the woman’s child stuck at Woolworths with

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Woolworths barks up a new tree, splashes $586m on PETstock owner

News / Dan Armes

Woolworths Group boss Brad Banducci says there is plenty of growth left in the booming pet sector, from doggy daycare to nutrition and grooming, after the grocery giant snapped up a 55 per cent stake in pet business Petspiration Group for $586 million. After a puppy boom during COVID-19 lockdowns, the retailer will use funds

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Jeff Kennett slammed by government grocery reviewer

News / Dan Armes

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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Woolworths praised as employees given bodycams for safety reasons

News / Dan Armes

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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Pubs to pets: Woolworths sells $636m Endeavour Group stake

News / Dan Armes

Woolworths was selling a $636 million stake in pubs and bottleshops business Endeavour Group on Tuesday night, in a capital recycling trade via investment bank UBS. Woolworths is expected to use proceeds for investments and general corporate purposes, according to terms sent to potential buyers, instantly sending thoughts to Woolworths’ imminent move on pet goods

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Woolworths’ proposed acquisition of SUPA IGA Karabar

News / Dan Armes

The ACCC has outlined preliminary competition concerns with Woolworths’s (ASX:WOW) proposed acquisition of the independent supermarket operating as SUPA IGA in Karabar, and co-located liquor store operating as Liquor Boss, in a statement of issues published today. Woolworths and SUPA IGA Karabar currently compete in supplying groceries in the broader Queanbeyan region (encompassing Karabar and

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Woolworths slammed after raising minimum spend for Direct to Boot service

Supermarket giants in immense failure

Coles supermarket confirms major change to stores

Woolworths’ pay push for online shopping workers sparks union turf war

ACCC sinks teeth into Woolworths pets play

Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci says inflation should ease but ‘question is the speed’

Woolworths to close majority of in-store butcheries putting jobs at risk

Scammers pose as woman’s daughter stuck at Woolworths with no money

Woolworths barks up a new tree, splashes $586m on PETstock owner

Jeff Kennett slammed by government grocery reviewer

Woolworths praised as employees given bodycams for safety reasons

Pubs to pets: Woolworths sells $636m Endeavour Group stake

Woolworths’ proposed acquisition of SUPA IGA Karabar

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