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Hundreds Of Woolworths And Coles Employees Are Set To Strike Over The Weekend

"The dirty little Coles and Woolies secret is that those workers are paid poverty wages.”

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Coles, Woolies workers to strike in 'historic first'

Workers at Coles and Woolworths fed up with low pay and unsafe conditions are set to strike but the supermarkets say customers won't be disrupted.

AAP

Loyalty programs becoming vital to Aussie business

Rewards programs like Flybuys, Everyday Rewards and MYER One are becoming essential to Australian businesses for customer insights and engagement.

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Which Aussie Supermarket Is The Cheapest? We Did A $20 Supermarket Challenge To Find Out

We want to know which Australian supermarket is the cheapest. So we took $20 to the shops and we couldn't believe the difference.

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Woolies Is Facing Heat On TikTok After Customers Noticed These Tiny Cameras On Its Shelves

The cameras have been installed to "improve product availability".

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Grocery reforms do nothing for cost of living, says early adopter Huckleberry

Organic grocer Huckleberry was first to sign up to a government-backed wholesale deal with the big supermarkets – but now says its expansion plans are cramped by economic and political uncertainty. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Redditors Are Touting How Much $ They’ve Diverted From Coles/Woolies & Where They Shop Instead

Folks on the internet are laying bare the number of dollars they're re-routing from kingpin supermarket chains Coles and Woolworths.

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Fox news: Rupert steps down

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has stepped down as chair of Fox News and News Corp and eldest son Lachlan looks set to take the reins, and former Labor minister and No campaign director Gary Johns has called for a ‘very, very heavy cultural intervention’ for Indigenous kids.

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Wilko: what insolvency really means for the budget retailer and why its competitors are surviving (for now)

All 400 of Wilko’s shops are now expected to close over the next month, leaving 12,500 people without jobs across the UK. The budget retailer’s administrator PwC announced the news after it struggled to secure a rescue deal for Wilko to continue operating.

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Coles Is Rolling Out Body Cams To Catch Shoplifters Instead Of Just, IDK, Lowering Prices?

Ah yes, a completely reasonable and not at all dystopian move from our favourite wage thieves.

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A rise in shoplifting has Australian supermarkets ramping up surveillance

The response to surging retail theft range from covert security to self-checkout cameras and biometric trackers, raising questions about privacy and ethics

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Bikie caught in undercover sting admits to ice deals worth $112,000

Messages sent on encryption service Signal reveal Dean Hyland facilitated deals on four separate occasions.

Newcastle Herald

Meet Hilco, the firm behind the scenes at Wilko failure and other high street collapses

Restructuring specialist made its name through dealings with some of best-known British retailers

The Guardian - UK

Instead of pursuing shoplifters, the big supermarkets should use their record profits to prevent food waste

It’s reprehensible during a cost-of-living crisis to dump binloads of groceries and enforce strict cosmetic standards on produce

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The Guide #102: What was your first single? Here’s what you told us

Last week we asked for the first record you bought – from Sarah Brightman to Elvis and Bart Simpson, it was a mix of the historic and the horrendous …

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Capturing the spirit of a Dickson treasure

Bradley's portrait will be displayed in the Dickson Library in September and October.

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Not so gentle giants

All the major supermarket chains are accused of taking unauthorised deductions from suppliers’ invoices but Woolworths is the only one so far vowing to investigate the complaints, and hearings will begin in the Senate today on Australia’s freedom of information (FOI) regime.

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Morning Mail: warning over naturopaths, government dumps business revamp after $2bn blowout, fears for Hengjun

Health bodies say people are choosing naturopathy as a cheaper option over evidence-based care

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Woolworths’ free naturopath consultations raise concerns among peak health bodies

Exclusive: experts fear the cost-of-living crisis is forcing people to forgo evidence-based healthcare

Newcastle Herald

Shovels in the ground for Chisholm Plaza by Christmas

'The people of Chisholm have been crying out for this.'

Newcastle Herald

Woolworths cuts bonuses for managers after two deaths

Contract cleaner Malerato Harrison died at the Jesmond store last year.

The Guardian - AU

Cost-of-living crisis: Albanese government launches taskforce to review competition in bid to ease pressures

Panel’s appointment comes as Woolworths reports rise in net annual earnings to $1.6bn, a day after Coles posts $1.1bn profit

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Thank you, shoppers: unlike Coles, no need for shoplifting for Woolies shareholders

Are supermarket profits helping fuel inflation? It’s a non-issue for Woolworths shareholders — their dividends soared much faster than CPI.

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Australia sold the Matildas short — for the last time

The government, business and much of the public vastly underestimated the Matildas and the popularity of women’s soccer.

The Guardian - UK

Digested week: what lies in the post-Wilko era?

Cold Girl Summer of 2023 is coming to an end and we are left with nowhere to fart around, as Kurt Vonnegut would say

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