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Coles has had a better year than Woolworths, but both major supermarkets face the prospect of regulatory action if a competition regulator-commissioned review finds they have too much market power.

Chalmers’ merger shake-up slams brakes on supermarket takeovers

The biggest change to the nation’s merger laws will target the supermarket sector with any takeover plan likely to face the ire of the competition regulator.

  • Shane Wright

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Fancy an international holiday with your groceries?

Aldi’s new deal is a great Australiana dream even Kath and Kim would love

Shaping everything from meal choices to eco-conscious shopping trends, Aldi has evolved from shopper dockets and rewards to become a cultural institution at a time when our two majors are sinking.

  • Kate Halfpenny
Anthony Albanese will announce new plans to target shrinkflation and its impact on shoppers.

Getting less for more: War on supermarkets shifts to shrinkflation scourge

The government is increasing its attention on the nation’s supermarket aisles, promising to make it easier to detect shrinkflation.

  • Shane Wright
Coles and Woolworths have interest in more 150 potential supermarket sites. They face government action to enable competitors to develop their own sites.

Coles and Woolies face fresh battle to keep competitors at bay

Just a week after the competition watchdog started legal action against Coles and Woolworths, the federal government is targeting their undeveloped supermarket sites.

  • Shane Wright and Millie Muroi
Peter Dutton is often short on detail.

Dutton has a peculiar obsession with details. Perhaps he could offer some of his own

We know Peter Dutton likes calling for details. It’s become his familiar response to just about anything the government puts up. But when it comes to his plan for a nuclear revolution? Well ...

  • Shaun Carney
Consumers are already winding back spending in the face of higher interest rates, inflation and falling real wages.

‘Nobody wants just cheap’: Inside the rebrand of home brand groceries

Home brand products, once considered cheap, ugly and low-quality, have gotten a glow-up over the years – and are now profit drivers for supermarket giants.

  • Jessica Yun
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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.

  • Jessica Yun
Woolworths’ quarterly figures have fallen behind Coles again.

‘We have got a lot of work to do’: Woolworths ‘out-traded’ as it trails Coles

Outgoing Woolworths chief executive Brad Banducci says cost-of-living pressures have hit the supermarket giant.

  • Jessica Yun
Colesworth

Calling Colesworth: Why we give names to our corporate overlords

The head of Coles said she’d never heard the term “Colesworth”. This disappointed me.

  • Richard Glover
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Supermarket prices sending you off your trolley? Try these Brisbane grocers

Cavendish bananas for 27¢ a kilo, limes for 5¢ and punnets of cherry tomatoes for 48¢. These are actual prices, and they’re within reach.

  • Courtney Kruk

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