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Woolworths and Coles.

There’s no proof big supermarkets are price gouging, but Labor will ban it anyway

Labor would target supermarkets price gouging customers but has stopped short of Peter Dutton’s populist plan to give regulators power to break up big chains.

  • Millie Muroi and James Massola

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Coles’ Vintage Cellars and First Choice Liquor Market brands will disappear and be absorbed into the broader Liquorland banner.

Coles axes Vintage Cellars, First Choice brands

Say goodbye to your local Vintage Cellars and First Choice Liquor Market. By the end of the year, they will be rebranded as Liquorland stores.

  • Jessica Yun
Woolworths and Coles have stuck to their argument that the grocery sector is highly competitive.

Woolworths, Coles buck against ACCC findings of entrenched dominance

Australia’s biggest supermarkets maintain the sector is highly competitive, while a former ACCC chair has come out swinging against the watchdog’s recommendations.

  • Jessica Yun and Shane Wright
The ACCC found the price of food, including cheese, milk and eggs, had increased far more than wages since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Checkout pain: Australia’s supermarkets among most profitable in the world

Shoppers’ complaints that they are being burnt at the nation’s checkouts has been vindicated by a damning report by the consumer watchdog.

  • Shane Wright, Jessica Yun and Millie Muroi
Genius Childcare director Darren Misquitta.

Childcare millionaire’s $94,000 grocery bill and $10 million tax debt

The embattled Genius Childcare boss and the companies he controls have racked up debts that might top $38 million, including with supermarket giant Coles and Nova radio station.

  • Noel Towell
When it comes to after-dinner treats, two squares of dark chocolate per night will never be enough to cure our collective problems.

In the supermarket’s most tempting aisle, a familiar problem presents itself

When it comes to after-dinner treats, two squares of dark chocolate a night will never be enough to cure our collective problems.

  • Thomas Mitchell
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Empty supermarket shelves in Brisbane.

The premier told us to stockpile water and batteries. It was a green light for panic buying

Bottled water and batteries were being stripped from supermarket shelves in the hours after Queensland Premier David Crisafulli told residents to “get prepared” for Cyclone Alfred.

  • Nick Dent and Cameron Atfield
Supermarkets are waiting for the ACCC pricing inquiry to land

Waiting for the other shoe to drop: Woolies and Coles will lose even if profits rise

Any hint that supermarket prices have gone up faster than the prices they paid to their suppliers will be seized upon as a treacherous betrayal of customers.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Coles is working with consultant Bain to cut back its range by at least a double-digit percentage to drive margins higher.

Coles cashes in as it steps up value campaigns, picks up sales from Woolies

The nation’s second-biggest supermarket chain benefited from the troubles of its larger rival Woolworths, which saw its earnings plunge after a 17-day worker strike left shelves bare.

  • Jessica Yun

Why 2500 products will be disappearing from Coles’ shelves

The Himalayan Rock variety may survive the great Coles salt cull of 2025. But there are 13 salt categories on offer and the lion’s share will be removed, as will, for example, some shampoos.

  • Elizabeth Knight

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