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Woolies worker wins $230k compo
A WOOLIES worker who was required to lift more than 2000 heavy boxes a day or be sent home has won a landmark compensation case.
Woolies boss ‘outraged’ over error
WOOLIES boss Brad Banducci has ripped into the payments firm which double billed customers for purchases made in March.
Woman found a bullet in her steak
AN Australian woman has been left in shock, claiming she found a bullet in her kangaroo steak she’d planned on eating for dinner.
From Woolies boss to tent city
FOR more than a decade, Wayne was a familiar face in Woolies. Now he’s one of the people commuters pass by in Sydney’s tent city.
Woolies shopping cards aren’t safe
A MAJOR security vulnerability in the Woolworths app has allowed thieves to “hack” into accounts and steal customers’ Rewards points.
Fake ‘free range’ egg supplier fined $1m
AN EGG producer that supplies Coles and Woolworths has been ordered to pay $1 million for deceiving shoppers with its ‘free range’ labelling.
Woolies deals another blow to Coke
WOOLIES has dealt yet another blow to Coca-Cola Amatil, announcing it will pull all but two of its Mount Franklin lines from shelves.
Amazon grocery fears ‘overplayed’
COLES and Woolworths shouldn’t be too worried about the arrival of Amazon’s grocery service, which has so far struggled to make its mark.
Now what do we put in our bins?
NOW that Coles and Woolies have scrapped plastic bags, what are we supposed to use in our bins for rubbish? Certainly not bin liners.
‘Popular’ Woolies wedding cake
IT LOOKS like a designer wedding cake, but under the flowers and thick icing lies a humble Woolworths chocolate mud.
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Supermarket trio ban plastic bags
THE nation’s largest supermarkets are ditching single-use plastic bags across the country, in major announcements made today.
Shoppers caught stripping Coles, Woolies
A VIDEO of three men filmed packing a car full of Coles, Woolies and Chemist Warehouse bags has sparked anger in Adelaide.
Woolies fail leaves customers fuming
WOOLWORTHS has apologised after a “major delivery system outage” left hungry customers upset when online orders were cancelled at the last minute.
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WOOLWORTHS’ sales turnaround is likely to happen at a faster pace than the market expects, analysts at investment bank UBS say.
Discount supermarket cheaper than ALDI
MOVE over Woolworths, Coles and ALDI – there’s a new discount player in town and the prices are ridiculous.
Woolies price tags raise eyebrows
ELECTRONIC tickets have popped up in Woolworths, leading to questions about whether it’s trialing a surge pricing scheme.
Gamechanging supermarket move
POPPING to Coles or Woolies for a cheap lunch could be a nasty shock if the supermarkets adopt this surge pricing trend that’s taking off.
Family grocer taking on giants
THIS family-run business with a cult following is taking on Coles and Woolworths in the battle for Australia’s $90 billion grocery market.
Getting rich by shunning Woolies
A PERTH mum is raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars from a hit product with a name that will keep it off many supermarket shelves.
Where Woolies costs 10 times more
AUSSIE shoppers might see them as the cheap option but overseas customers are prepared to pay big bucks for homebrand products.
Sly plot to stop self-serve theft
THEFT from self-serve checkouts at Woolworths and Coles is a massive problem. This is how the supermarkets could keep you honest.
Woolies customer’s sweet potato rant
A WOOLWORTHS customer has unleashed on the supermarket giant in a social media rant, all over these packs of sweet potatoes.
Computers are learning to be arty
GOOGLE is teaching computers how to make music and create art, but tech boffins say the machines are not ready to generate an all-new Beatles album just yet.
Woolies grilled over pregnancy tests
TEST kits have been moved to secure plastic boxes to prevent theft in some stores. But one customer says it could deter women from buying the tests.
Busted ‘looking for’ Marvel discs
A WOOLWORTHS checkout operator has been filmed looking for rare Marvel Hero discs so sought after by Aussie kids.
Grape costs Woolworths $11,000
A MAN who sought more than $140k from Woolies after slipping on a grape got much less thanks to a secret video.
Woolies giving away free groceries
WOOLWORTHS is calling for thousands of Aussie shoppers to sample and review products as part of a new online testing club.
Wife defends hubby over Today show win
THE wife of a man who found himself unwittingly at the centre of Today show “scam” allegations has staunchly defended her husband.
Why Big W is struggling against Kmart
WHILE Woolies has been focused on its supermarket war with Coles, Big W has suffered. And it could take years for it to recover.
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