Coles Supermarkets
Coles set to axe Vintage Cellars and First Choice brands as it takes fight to Dan Murphy’s
The country’s second largest supermarket retailer is making a dramatic shift as it looks to claw back market share lost to the group behind Dan Murphy’s and BWS.
- by Jessica Yun
Latest
Adam Bandt pledges to supersize corporate taxes
To sweeten the deal, the Greens say much of the revenue would pay for cost-of-living measures, such as including dental cover in Medicare.
- by James Massola
Opinion
Earnings season
How thwarting thieves (rather than ‘stealing’ from customers) boosted Coles profit
Coles is a very large company, so quoting $1.1 billion in net profit as proof of price gouging is ludicrous.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Coles home brands, online sales push up profits to $1.1 billion
Private-label sales alone rose to $13.5 billion as Australians sought more affordable alternatives in the cost-of-living crisis.
- by Jessica Yun
Coles promises fewer empty shelves as warehouse robots come online
The new automated distribution centre in western Sydney will result in the closure of two nearby warehouses by early 2025, with 350 jobs lost.
- by Jessica Yun
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
‘Deliberate manipulation’: Do supermarkets order too much fruit and veg on purpose?
Two major Australian fruit and vegetable industry bodies have accused Woolworths and Coles of engineering an oversupply of fresh produce to drive down prices.
- by Jessica Yun
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
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