The Latest Breaking News from Coles

Supermarket duopoly Coles and Woolworths won't be forced to break up as the relevant Senate bill has failed.

Suppliers of food and other products have been complaining for years about their treatment at the hands of Woolworths, Coles and Australia’s other big supermarket chains, although rarely to the supermarkets themselves – perhaps, as suggested in a recent Four Corners program, because they feared retribution.

Supermarkets guilty of anti-competitive behaviour towards suppliers will face large penalties under a mandatory Food and Grocery Code of Conduct the Albanese government will implement.

Bans are looming, so the industry is researching alternatives.

Guardian Australia visited a range of stores and found red meat and fish can still be affordable during the cost-of-living crisis

Just don't accidentally buy a washing machine in the middle aisle.

Research from consumer group Choice has revealed customers are paying $17 less for groceries on average at Aldi compared to major supermarkets.

Oxfam analysis finds Woolworths, Hancock Prospecting and NAB among companies to rake in much higher profits off the back of crisis conditions

Customers at shops like Cheaper Buy Miles and Beyond Best Before can find food items nearing their best-before date at a fraction of supermarket prices