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‘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
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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
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International students
Student crackdown will lead to lasting economic pain: business council
The Australian Business Council argues capping foreign student numbers could “irreparably damage” the higher education sector and even hit supermarkets.
- by Angus Thompson
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.
‘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
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
Local growers devastated as Woolworths swaps to Chinese, South African fruit
Growers were told in a meeting at SPC’s Shepparton office last month that orders of peaches for cans would be reduced by 40 per cent, and pears by 60 per cent.
- by Mary Ward
Woolies blames ‘terrible IT problem’ for empty shelves in Brisbane
A senior executive apologised for the scenes in supermarkets across the city, blaming an IT system upgrade for the “carnage”.
- by Marissa Calligeros
Supermarket inquiry lays out plan for pricing crackdown
The Senate inquiry into supermarket prices has released its final report and 14 recommendations including powers to break up big supermarkets and a strengthened food and grocery code of conduct.
- by Jessica Yun
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