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Corporate heavyweights such as Coles and Qantas cop a lot of heat for reporting healthy profits.

Tall profits syndrome: Why do we hate companies making money?

Australians love an underdog story, and right now, there is no greater underdog than the Australian private sector economy.

  • William Bennett

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A Coles promotion for kitchen knives.

Coles to stop selling kitchen knives after Queensland stabbing

Coles will pull knives from its shelves nationwide in the wake of Monday’s supermarket stabbing, and four months after Queensland banned knife sales to minors.

  • Sean Parnell and Catherine Strohfeldt
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
Sarah suggested if theft was such an issue, the self-serve checkouts should go.

WA shoppers left baffled by strange security requests

One shopper has said she was approached by two men not in uniform, claiming they were security guards and demanding she showed proof of purchase for her groceries.

  • Holly Thompson
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
Supermarkets selling loose produce for more than plastic-wrapped items.

Buying fruit and veg without plastic wrapping? You’re paying extra for it

Supermarkets are charging shoppers more for loose produce than the same items covered in plastic.

  • Mike Foley
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“The hive” at the Coles customer fulfilment centre, where robots collect products at great speed.

Robots have been taught to help pack groceries. But they’ll never do this

The machines know which item should never go to the bottom of the bag, along with the groceries that should never be packed with fruit.

  • Madeleine Heffernan
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When the game needs a rev-up

And Coles has a special on doughnuts.

Coles CEO Leah Weckert

Coles says more customers are shopping around for deals

In a trading update on Thursday, the supermarket giant said shoppers were visiting up to eight other retailers a week to make their dollars stretch.

  • Kayla Olaya
Voters have strongly backed politicians’ plans to hit Coles and Woolworths.

Voters warm to Coalition plan to hit Coles, Woolies

Australians have strongly backed court action against Coles and Woolworths over supermarket pricing.

  • David Crowe

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