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Sending it by sea snail mail

When it absolutely, positively has to be there within the decade.

Aldi’s most highly coveted items won’t be found on DoorDash.

In stores only: The high-demand Aldi items you can’t buy on DoorDash

Australians can finally order Aldi groceries online – but most will still have to wait a few months, and not every item is on the app.

  • Jessica Yun

Aldi drops its own price bomb in supermarkets’ targeted price attacks

Supermarkets want to help customers ease cost of living stress, but selective price cuts have more to do with luring large-trolley shoppers.

  • Elizabeth Knight
The FLATOUTbear (right) and Aldi’s version (left), side by side.

Aldi duped Prue and Sarah’s sheepskin teddy bear. Their lawyer says it’s infringement

Most attempts to take on Aldi over copies have failed. But this Australian duo believes they may have found a way of tackling the supermarket giant.

  • Jessica Yun
Teal appeal: Independent MPs Allegra Spender, Zali Steggall, Sophie Scamps, Zoe Daniel and Monique Ryan.

Independents have one main priority – their constituents

The teals have consistently shown they consider every policy tabled in parliament on merit, free from party control and influence, a reader writes.

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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 Baby Bellies packaging, left, and Aldi’s Mamia packaging on the right.

How Aldi was caught out in ‘flagrant’ copying of a Sydney brand

It is a rare example of Aldi falling foul of Australian law in executing its “Like Brands. Only Cheaper” strategy.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Supermarkets launch their 2024 Christmas campaigns.

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.

  • Hannah Hammoud
Woolworths boss Amanda Bardwell at the ACCC hearing.

‘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.

  • Jessica Yun

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