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Big W - Big losses

Kmart is beating up Big W and giving Woolies a major headache

Big W, owned by Woolworths, is losing a lot of money as its range of toys, beauty products and homewares fails to click with shoppers.

  • Elizabeth Knight

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Woolworths.

Woolworths sales fall behind Coles as price battle rages

Australia’s two biggest supermarkets are in a battle to lower prices in the cost-of-living crisis and win back the trust and dollars of customers.

  • Jessica Yun
Coles is seeing deflation among several fresh food and packaged goods.

Coles on alert for Trump tariff fallout as supermarket prices cool

Australia’s second-biggest supermarket said consumer sentiment was showing signs of improvement – but Trump’s tariffs have injected uncertainty into the mix.

  • Jessica Yun
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When getting cross comes to nought

Baking off the grid.

Woolworths, Coles, Aldi and Metcash (IGA) are under pressure to lower grocery prices by the government.

There’s no proof big supermarkets are price gouging, but Labor will ban it anyway

Labor would target supermarkets price gouging customers but has stopped short of Peter Dutton’s populist plan to give regulators power to break up big chains.

  • Millie Muroi and James Massola
Coles’ Vintage Cellars and First Choice Liquor Market brands will disappear and be absorbed into the broader Liquorland banner.

Coles axes Vintage Cellars, First Choice brands

Say goodbye to your local Vintage Cellars and First Choice Liquor Market. By the end of the year, they will be rebranded as Liquorland stores.

  • Jessica Yun
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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 ACCC found the price of food, including cheese, milk and eggs, had increased far more than wages since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Checkout pain: Australia’s supermarkets among most profitable in the world

Shoppers’ complaints that they are being burnt at the nation’s checkouts has been vindicated by a damning report by the consumer watchdog.

  • Shane Wright, Jessica Yun and Millie Muroi
Genius Childcare director Darren Misquitta.

Childcare millionaire’s $94,000 grocery bill and $10 million tax debt

The embattled Genius Childcare boss and the companies he controls have racked up debts that might top $38 million, including with supermarket giant Coles and Nova radio station.

  • Noel Towell
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

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