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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

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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

Why 2500 products will be disappearing from Coles’ shelves

The Himalayan Rock variety may survive the great Coles salt cull of 2025. But there are 13 salt categories on offer and the lion’s share will be removed, as will, for example, some shampoos.

  • Elizabeth Knight
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
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
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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
“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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