Metcash says it is focusing on closing the price gap between its stores and major competitors Coles and Woolworths as it warns of accelerating food and grocery inflation. The wholesaler, which also operates IGA and Foodland brands, said prices were up 4.9 per cent for the first quarter of a financial year ending April 30, […]
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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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An Australian company has made its second round of lay-offs this year as the sector it operates in struggles to compete against Woolworths and Coles. An Australian online grocery delivery start-up, which raised $18 million in funding at the end of last year, has slashed more staff from its operations as the sector struggles to
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Major chains need to balance the needs of all stakeholders – consumers, suppliers and shareholders – to avoid greater scrutiny. Australia’s major supermarket chains are engaged in a delicate balancing act as food prices rise at the fastest pace in decades, adding to pressure on household budgets. Coles, Woolworths, Aldi and wholesaler Metcash face a backlash from
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Supermarket chain IGA is shaking things up with a new concept store, delivering a uniquely old-fashioned bespoke service, with some huge differences to Coles, Woolworths and Aldi. The new stores, named IGA Local Grocer, will allow customers to choose which products they stock and are being rolled out in hundreds of locations across the country. Every Local Grocer you
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Australia’s largest plastic bag recycling program has collapsed amid revelations hundreds of millions of bags and other soft plastic items dropped off by customers at Coles and Woolworths are being secretly stockpiled in warehouses and not recycled. Instead of being taken to companies that use the plastic to make other items, REDcycle has been transporting
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Serving the community has always been at the forefront for Colliver Rd Foodworks in Shepparton — but over recent days the shop took its dedication to a new level. While its immediate surrounds were engulfed by flood waters, the shop did not close its doors, giving locals the opportunity to stock up on the crucial
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Key points: Coles and Woolworths are set to phase out caged eggs by 2025 Farmers are calling for financial support to ease the transition to free-range farming The egg industry says consumers can expect an egg shortage The plan to phase out caged hens by 2036 is causing national confusion among egg farmers, supermarkets and
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IGA has responded to cost-of-living pressures by price matching the lowest shelf items of its biggest rivals. Every IGA store in the country will match lower Woolworths and Coles’ prices for more than 600 ‘essential products’, from this month. Larger IGA stores will go a step further, and match the lowest regular shelf price of
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Woolworths says some 2.2 million customers of its MyDeal business have had their data stolen after the company identified “unauthorised access” to its systems. The supermarket giant made the disclosure late on Friday, after the market had closed. “MyDeal is in the process of contacting the approximately 2.2 million affected customers by email … Woolworths
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Supermarket operator Woolworths has stolen a march on Coles, snapping up a small Sydney mall in which its arch rival is the main tenant and paying a hefty premium for the $68 million property in the process. It’s the latest turf battle between the two grocery giants who typically duke it out on pricing in
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Australia’s two biggest supermarkets have both vowed to cut the cost of hundreds of items in their stores as the cost of living continues to soar. Coles announced today it will reduce the price of 150 of its products by 10-40 percent from Wednesday. The lower prices will be locked in until the end of January next year.
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Aldi customers have ranked the budget supermarket’s fruit and vegetables better than its pricier competitors, according to a new poll. The results come from Canstar Blue’s Customer Awards where shoppers voted Aldi’s greens into the top spot for the second year running. Customers voted across five categories — “value for money”, “freshness of produce”, “variety”,
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