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Supermarket to offer drone delivery for grocery items in Canberra

Customers can simply order via the Wing app and upon arrival, the drone will hover in the air and slowly lower the package to the ground for a contactless delivery.

The Canberra Times

NSW death toll rises to five; more ‘high impact’ storms forecast for Queensland – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Coles teams up with Google-backed startup to deliver groceries by drone

A company backed by Google's owner is replacing the delivery driver with a drone, as part of a pilot project with a major Australian supermarket. Experts say the idea could literally take off and may work out cheaper than road transport.

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‘Customers can see it’: Why supermarket prices will keep rising this year

The large supermarket chains such as Woolworths, Coles and Aldi will pass along their higher business costs to consumers.

The New Daily

‘Most disruptive period’: Coles targets Easter for restocked shelves after Omicron

Coles hopes to fully restock its shelves in time for Easter as the Omicron staffing crisis eases, with Steven Cain saying inflation is rising.

The New Daily

Coles H1 profit slips as costs weigh

Coles has delivered a two per cent drop in profit as higher costs and lower convenience store sales hit half-year results.

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ASX down on tech, Ukraine tensions trouble investors, Coles profit falls

Australian shares close lower on Tuesday, with tech stocks hammered, as global markets react to Russia announcing it will send troops into Ukraine. Coles, Costa and Alumina report half-year results.

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Union calls on PM to apologise for strike comments; 34 Covid deaths recorded – as it happened

NSW government drops case against rail workers’ union; Australia closes embassy in Lviv, Ukraine. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

Northern Territory food shortages continue as parts of the Stuart Highway remain submerged in floodwater

Territorians may struggle to find fresh groceries — and even fries at McDonald's — as works continue to remove floodwater on the Stuart Highway. Coles and Woolworths say regular deliveries are coming.

ABC News

Coles introduces new purchase limits in NT supermarkets after flooding in South Australia

Thanks to deliveries being cut off by floodwaters, supermarket shelves in the Northern Territory are as bare as they have been during the pandemic. From today, new limits on certain lines will apply at Coles supermarkets in the Territory. Here's what you can and can't buy.

ABC News

Victorian govt finds supermarket staff

The Victorian government is helping COVID-stricken major supermarket chains plug critical workforce gaps, as staff remain off the job.

AAP

With Omicron leaving supermarket shelves bare, is it time to break the grocery duopoly?

Coles and Woolworths control 66 per cent of Australia's grocery retail market and experts say that has exacerbated supply chain disruptions caused by the rapid spread of the Omicron variant.

ABC News

Chronic staff shortages, 2am starts and extreme anxiety: inside a Coles supermarkets supply warehouse

Coles’ chief operations officer admits ‘the sheer scale and rate of impact of Omicron’ means contingency plans couldn’t cope

The Guardian - AU

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