The German grocery giant hasn’t just shaken up consumer behaviour,it's also impacting the grocery supply chain.
The supermarket giant could use the popular app to mitigate the challenges of in-house delivery and meet consumer demands for convenience.
The prospect of a Christmas truce in the great supermarket collectables war has been dashed,with Coles announcing it will bring back its Little Shop toy giveaway this festive season.
"Coles has spent the last 10 years reinvigorating and securing supply of fresh food in abundance and with quality and that's very difficult to replicate."
Coles has unveiled the first of its “Coles Local” small-format stores,chasing what it says is a big opportunity in catering to wealthy but time-poor shoppers.
Coles and Woolworths are pulling back on their discounting of fresh food.
The supermarket giants have lifted the price of home-brand three-litre milk by 30¢ to $3.30 across the eastern seaboard.
The country's largest supermarket chain will start an Australia-first trial of"shop and go"technology at its store in Double Bay on Thursday.
Agriculture Minister David Littleproud says he supports a temporary levy of 10 cents per litre on milk sales,with the money “to go directly to farmers”.
Blaming competition from the German discount grocery chain Dick Smith is to close his line of Australian made and produced groceries.
One industry expert says proposed new rules reining in the practice don't go far enough.