The push to revive soft plastic recycling in Australia is quietly under way

The push to revive soft plastic recycling in Australia is quietly under way

Two years after REDCycle’s collapse,a pilot program is operating in 12 supermarkets – but one recycling executive says the big chains need to own their waste.

  • byAdam Carey

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Local growers devastated as Woolworths swaps to Chinese,South African fruit

Local growers devastated as Woolworths swaps to Chinese,South African fruit

Growers were told in a meeting at SPC’s Shepparton office last month that orders of peaches for cans would be reduced by 40 per cent,and pears by 60 per cent.

  • byMary Ward
Woolies blames ‘terrible IT problem’ for empty shelves in Brisbane

Woolies blames ‘terrible IT problem’ for empty shelves in Brisbane

A senior executive apologised for the scenes in supermarkets across the city,blaming an IT system upgrade for the “carnage”.

  • byMarissa Calligeros
Supermarket inquiry lays out plan for pricing crackdown

Supermarket inquiry lays out plan for pricing crackdown

The Senate inquiry into supermarket prices has released its final report and 14 recommendations including powers to break up big supermarkets and a strengthened food and grocery code of conduct.

  • byJessica Yun
‘We have got a lot of work to do’:Woolworths ‘out-traded’ as it trails Coles

‘We have got a lot of work to do’:Woolworths ‘out-traded’ as it trails Coles

Outgoing Woolworths chief executive Brad Banducci says cost-of-living pressures have hit the supermarket giant.

  • byJessica Yun
Competition kicks the stuffing out of NAB and Woolworths

Competition kicks the stuffing out of NAB and Woolworths

This week’s results provide a reality check for those who argue that the highly concentrated banking and supermarkets sectors lack competition.

  • byElizabeth Knight
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‘Explain why Australians are paying more’:Multinationals to face supermarket inquiry

‘Explain why Australians are paying more’:Multinationals to face supermarket inquiry

The Senate inquiry into supermarket prices was supposed to have wrapped up this week,but it is now gearing up to potentially put the likes of Nestlé and Coca-Cola through their paces.

  • byJessica Yun
Bread,milk,ham and a library book:The supermarket land deal causing a local outcry

Bread,milk,ham and a library book:The supermarket land deal causing a local outcry

An unusual deal by grocery giant Woolworths to build a supermarket and a local library in exchange for a piece of public land has raised eyebrows in Rosanna.

  • byTom Cowie
Woolworths chief Brad Banducci threatened with jail time at Senate supermarket inquiry

Woolworths chief Brad Banducci threatened with jail time at Senate supermarket inquiry

The supermarket giant’s outgoing CEO refused to answer repeated questions about the company’s return on equity,which infuriated Greens senator Nick McKim.

  • byJessica Yun
Belting Brad:Senate turns supermarket CEO flogging into Olympic sport

Belting Brad:Senate turns supermarket CEO flogging into Olympic sport

The sparring between Greens senator Nick McKim and Woolies boss Brad Banducci deteriorated into an unedifying headbutting contest.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Multinational giants urged to front supermarket inquiry for ‘playing hardball’

Multinational giants urged to front supermarket inquiry for ‘playing hardball’

Australian retailers have turned their sights on global suppliers such as Nestle,Mars,Coca-Cola and Mars,which they say are driving up prices.

  • byJessica Yun