Aldi
Who’s being naughty, not nice? Supermarkets tread carefully this Christmas
The 2024 Christmas advertisements are out, and Australia’s supermarkets are trying to win over hearts and wallets after a torrid year.
- by Hannah Hammoud
Latest
‘Not equipped to help’: Four things the ACCC supermarket inquiry did and didn’t hear
ACCC counsel assisting Naomi Sharp, SC, had plenty of questions in the supermarket inquiry hearings, but supermarket executives skirted around the answers at times.
- by Jessica Yun
Buying fruit and veg without plastic wrapping? You’re paying extra for it
Supermarkets are charging shoppers more for loose produce than the same items covered in plastic.
- by Mike Foley
‘Technical limitation’: Why you can’t find most Aldi prices online
Aldi is Australia’s cheapest supermarket, and while it would like to put all its prices online, old website infrastructure is holding it back.
- by Jessica Yun
Aldi’s new ‘special buys’ are holidays, but are they actually bargains?
As travellers increasingly look for good deals and value holidays, the launch comes at a perfect time – but it pays to compare with other travel platforms.
- by Brian Johnston
Opinion
Supermarkets
Aldi’s new deal is a great Australiana dream even Kath and Kim would love
Shaping everything from meal choices to eco-conscious shopping trends, Aldi has evolved from shopper dockets and rewards to become a cultural institution at a time when our two majors are sinking.
- by Kate Halfpenny
Shrinkflation equation needs explanation
Great planning means looking at infrastructure needs well into the future and that’s what the supermarkets are doing by buying up future sites, something governments are not good at doing – future hospitals, schools, and transport corridors left out of the equation.
Opinion
Supermarkets
Australians are mad at the supermarkets, but not mad enough to shop elsewhere
No matter what you do to encourage Australian shoppers to fill their trolleys with cheap groceries, we keep going back to the same supermarket duopoly.
- by Shane Wright
Supermarket CEOs to face second grilling as grocery prices rise 20% in 5 years
Woolworths, Coles, Aldi and Metcash chief executives will be summoned to front ACCC inquiry hearings due to begin in November.
- by Jessica Yun
Property investors are hardly hard done by
I cannot feel sorry for Chirayu Shah and his poor, hard-done-by sons. He and others like him who are rich enough to put their spare cash into investment properties have been enjoying massive tax concessions for years.
Customers don’t enjoy being taken for mugs
Consumers don’t like to be exploited, treated like fools, taken for a ride or hit when they’re down.
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