Coles and Woolies could be the perfect inflation villains
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Coles and Woolies could be the perfect inflation villains

Everyone in this country relies in some way on the major supermarkets. It’s nigh on impossible to avoid them.

  • byShane Wright

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Define ‘tree’:The fight over Woolworths’ eco-beef pledge

Define ‘tree’:The fight over Woolworths’ eco-beef pledge

Woolworths wants to sell beef that hasn’t been produced on farms that take part in “deforestation” – but no one can agree on the definition.

  • byMike Foley
‘They saw us as price-gougers’:Woolworths fights to win back unhappy customers

‘They saw us as price-gougers’:Woolworths fights to win back unhappy customers

The supermarket chain has set out to prove to shoppers it is value for money - while handing shareholders a special dividend.

  • byJessica Yun
Adam Bandt pledges to supersize corporate taxes

Adam Bandt pledges to supersize corporate taxes

To sweeten the deal,the Greens say much of the revenue would pay for cost-of-living measures,such as including dental cover in Medicare.

  • byJames Massola
‘Proud of the pantry’:Why Aldi wants your basket full of ‘exclusive’ items rather than ‘cheap’

‘Proud of the pantry’:Why Aldi wants your basket full of ‘exclusive’ items rather than ‘cheap’

To keep costs down,the discount German supermarket chain won’t expand its range of products – or invest in theft prevention technologies.

  • byJessica Yun
Are you being served? Aldi follows Coles,Woolworths into self-service checkouts

Are you being served? Aldi follows Coles,Woolworths into self-service checkouts

Years after the big two introduced self-serve checkouts,Aldi is rolling out the “win-win” technology in hundreds of stores.

  • byMadeleine Heffernan
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Is shelf stacking the new branch stacking?

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Student crackdown will lead to lasting economic pain:business council

Student crackdown will lead to lasting economic pain:business council

The Australian Business Council argues capping foreign student numbers could “irreparably damage” the higher education sector and even hit supermarkets.

  • byAngus Thompson
The real reason Peter Dutton wants nuclear power

The real reason Peter Dutton wants nuclear power

There is no Coalition nuclear plan,except to get re-elected (“Dutton hits the nuclear button”,June 20). No nuclear power plants will ever be built here.

‘Deliberate manipulation’:Do supermarkets order too much fruit and veg on purpose?

‘Deliberate manipulation’:Do supermarkets order too much fruit and veg on purpose?

Two major Australian fruit and vegetable industry bodies have accused Woolworths and Coles of engineering an oversupply of fresh produce to drive down prices.

  • byJessica Yun
How much do you actually save at Aldi? The cheapest supermarkets revealed

How much do you actually save at Aldi? The cheapest supermarkets revealed

Mystery shoppers from the independent consumer group Choice visited 81 supermarkets across the country to investigate the price differences of Aldi,Coles and Woolworths.

  • byOlivia Ireland