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It is no time to start charging for click and collect.

Why shoppers love click and collect, and the supermarkets don’t

With everyone blaming the supermarkets for the cost-of-living crisis, now is not the time for them to start charging for the popular service, as much as they may want to.

  • Elizabeth Knight

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Following success in the UK, luxury designer Anya Hindmarch’s reusable shopping bags will launch in Australia at Woolworths stores on March 18.

The latest designer bag, now available at Woolies

“Australia inspires me”: Dame Anya Hindmarch brings her environmentally friendly Universal Bag to local supermarkets.

  • Damien Woolnough
When it comes to after-dinner treats, two squares of dark chocolate per night will never be enough to cure our collective problems.

In the supermarket’s most tempting aisle, a familiar problem presents itself

When it comes to after-dinner treats, two squares of dark chocolate a night will never be enough to cure our collective problems.

  • Thomas Mitchell
The cost of a one-way trip between Central and the airport will drop from $21.90 to $10.95 during the six-month trial.

What you need to know: Transport, power outages, supermarkets

Brisbane Times has collated the latest information on everything you need to know to get you through this extreme weather event.

  • Marissa Calligeros, Felicity Caldwell and Nick Dent
The egg shortage is partly the result of bird flu outbreaks.

‘Crazy jump in price’: Shoppers, farmers brace for years-long egg shortage

Bird flu outbreaks have choked the nation’s supply of eggs – and frustrated egg farmers say the proposed ban on caged eggs is exacerbating the problem.

  • Jessica Yun
Intermittent heavy rainfall from Cyclone Alfred made for wet work for the employees of Brads Butchery in Lismore as they evacuated their workplace.

How Cyclone Alfred is impacting Northern NSW

Supermarkets, health clinics, transport, schools and roads have all been impacted by Cyclone Alfred. Here’s what you need to know.

  • Kayla Olaya
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Crime has increased across WA in 2024.

The Perth suburbs where crime rose by more than 50 per cent last year

WAtoday pored over the 2024 police statistics to bring you a look at which suburbs have since a dramatic increase in crime in the last 12 months.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Supermarkets are waiting for the ACCC pricing inquiry to land

Waiting for the other shoe to drop: Woolies and Coles will lose even if profits rise

Any hint that supermarket prices have gone up faster than the prices they paid to their suppliers will be seized upon as a treacherous betrayal of customers.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Coles is working with consultant Bain to cut back its range by at least a double-digit percentage to drive margins higher.

Coles cashes in as it steps up value campaigns, picks up sales from Woolies

The nation’s second-biggest supermarket chain benefited from the troubles of its larger rival Woolworths, which saw its earnings plunge after a 17-day worker strike left shelves bare.

  • Jessica Yun
Bare shelves in a Melbourne Woolworths in late November.

Woolworths to slash jobs, product ranges in $400m cost-saving drive

The nation’s biggest supermarket chain has suffered a $190 million earnings slump in the latest half after a two-week strike stripped shelves late last year.

  • Jessica Yun

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