Aldi
‘Proud of the pantry’: Why Aldi wants your basket full of ‘exclusive’ items rather than ‘cheap’
To keep costs down, the discount German supermarket chain won’t expand its range of products – or invest in theft prevention technologies.
- by Jessica Yun
Latest
Are you being served? Aldi follows Coles, Woolworths into self-service checkouts
Years after the big two introduced self-serve checkouts, Aldi is rolling out the “win-win” technology in hundreds of stores.
- by Madeleine Heffernan
The real reason Peter Dutton wants nuclear power
There is no Coalition nuclear plan, except to get re-elected (“Dutton hits the nuclear button”, June 20). No nuclear power plants will ever be built here.
How much do you actually save at Aldi? The cheapest supermarkets revealed
Mystery shoppers from the independent consumer group Choice visited 81 supermarkets across the country to investigate the price differences of Aldi, Coles and Woolworths.
- by Olivia Ireland
The push to revive soft plastic recycling in Australia is quietly under way
Two years after REDCycle’s collapse, a pilot program is operating in 12 supermarkets – but one recycling executive says the big chains need to own their waste.
- by Adam Carey
Wagon Wheel v Cart Wheel taste test: Are Aldi’s copycats even better than the real thing?
Similar names, similar packaging, but up to half the price. Good Food blind taste-tests popular chocolates against their imitators, with some surprising results.
- by Callan Boys
Updated
Supermarkets
Coles expands home brands to compete with Aldi
As the price of some fruit and meat comes down, Coles is betting on lower-priced home-brand products to stop customers from switching to the German discount supermarket.
- by Jessica Yun
Supermarket prices under pressure in new grocery code
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the government would reform competition rules for supermarkets to drive down prices and address claims of market manipulation.
- by Mike Foley and Jessica Yun
Deep discounts v good deals: How IKEA, Kmart and Aldi win when we spend less
In an economic environment where cost-of-living pressures are high, retailers focused on keeping prices consistently low are winning favour with consumers.
- by Jessica Yun
Coles blames suppliers for price rises as shoppers switch to Aldi
Coles and Aldi have made their submissions to the Senate inquiry into supermarket prices, with the former arguing that price increases are coming from multiple fronts.
- by Jessica Yun
Opinion
Supermarkets
The crafty ways supermarkets are pushing up your grocery bill and how we can fight back
If we are to get to the bottom of whether price gouging contributes to obscene supermarket profits, a full investigation is needed.
- by Gerard Brody
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