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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The Woolworths independent arbiter has written to the supermarket’s supplier base to urging them to come to her directly and confidentiality for assistance under an expansion of the role. Helen McKenzie has told suppliers that, since her role as began in 2020, she has received very few complaints from suppliers, suggesting that there was a
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Grocery wholesaler Metcash is continuing to gain from the shift to convenience and local neighbourhood shopping, as group sales jumped 8.9 per cent across its hardware, liquor and food businesses so far this financial year, according to new chairman Peter Birtles. The retailer, which supplies the IGA and Foodland stores, indicated strong gains made over the
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The ACCC is seeking views from consumers and businesses in the Queanbeyan area on Woolworths’ proposed acquisition of SUPA IGA Karabar. Woolworths and SUPA IGA Karabar currently compete in supplying groceries in the broader Queanbeyan region (encompassing Karabar and Jerrabomberra). Post the acquisition, Woolworths is proposing to operate a Woolworths Metro supermarket on the existing
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Grocery retailer Woolworths has produced a $1.5billion dollar profit for the 2022 financial year. Full year sales jumped by almost 10 per cent. This comes despite challenges faced in the past year, which included rising COVID cases and supply chain issues caused by flooding and staff on sick leave. Extracted from Skynews
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Hundreds of household staples are being reduced at Woolworths as the supermarket offers mild reprieve for consumers. Hundreds of household staples are being reduced at Woolworths as the supermarket offers mild reprieve for consumers fielding rising costs of living in just about every other arena. More than 400 items will be reduced in price for
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Supermarket giant Woolworths is ramping up its presence in grocery delivery and muscling in on smaller start-ups by expanding its new 60-minute delivery service Metro60 to north-west Melbourne. The nation’s largest grocery retailer is scrambling to compete in the online delivery space with numerous start-ups popping up to deliver fast groceries in the inner city over the
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