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Woolworths online delivery platforms tested: which is cheapest and how do they compare with in-store shopping?

The supermarket has added DoorDash to its cart of options, alongside UberEats, Milkrun and the Woolworths website. We look at the value and convenience of each

The Guardian - AU

Do Woolworths shoppers want Google AI adding items to buy? We’ll soon find out

Woolworths has announced a partnership with Google to incorporate agentic artificial intelligence into its “Olive” chatbot, starting in Australia later this year.

The Conversation

Common household rat poisons found to pose unacceptable risk to wildlife as animal advocates push for ban

Environmentalists say proposed temporary suspension of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides ‘doesn’t go far enough’

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Supermarket price gouging will be banned from July. Will consumers actually end up better off?

This week, the federal government announced a ban on supermarket price gouging, aiming to get “a fairer go for families in their weekly shop”.

The Conversation

Australian supermarket canned peaches taste test: the winner has an ‘absurdly low price’

In a blind taste test, Nicholas Jordan tastes 14 peaches in cans and plastic jars, in juice and syrup – but only one brand is worthy of decorating a pavlova

The Guardian - AU

How stores fighting thieves risk putting off shoppers with disabilities and kids

“Welcome”, the sign at the supermarket entrance says, above a drawing of a shopper walking in and pushing a trolley.

The Conversation

Cheapest grocery prices revealed for Christmas parties

One supermarket chain has stayed on top as the best for shoppers' bucks for the festive season, ahead of a crackdown on price gouging.

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Price gouging ban will drive up costs: supermarkets

Lower grocery bills are being promised with a price gouging ban but supermarket giants and retailers say shoppers will be the ones to bear the brunt of costs.

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Before the Millennium review – secrets and spies as Woolworths staff party like it’s 1999

Things get tense when a newcomer seems to know too much in Karim Khan’s absorbing and sparkily performed play

The Guardian - UK

Rat poison that kills native animals taken off Amazon

A form of rat poison that inadvertently kills possums, eagles and owls has been removed from a major e-commerce platform, amid calls to ban the product.

AAP

Choice taste test: the best Australian supermarket Christmas ham is also ‘one of the cheapest’

In a taste test of 12 Christmas hams from major supermarkets, a Coles product came out on top – while an Aldi ham attracted the worst score

The Guardian - AU

Australian supermarket sorbet taste test: is this the most enjoyable taste test yet?

After blind-tasting more than a dozen supermarket sorbets, Nicholas Jordan and friends award a rare nine out of 10 score to a magical iced confection

The Guardian - AU

Australian supermarket wheat crackers taste test: ‘All the reviewers knew which one was the real deal’

Nicholas Jordan risks it for the biscuits, sampling 19 wheat crackers in the driest taste test yet

The Guardian - AU

'Do you care?': Coles stares down anti-salmon activists

Coles shareholders have voted down activist-backed resolutions taking aim at its sourcing of salmon after executives were peppered with questions on the issue.

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Australians are boozing less, getting fewer flu jabs and choosing home brands: five things we learned from AGM season

Companies offer some surprising insights into changing consumer trends at annual shareholder meetings

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Retailers ponder quitting ciggies as illegal sales soar

Supermarkets and smaller retailers are feeling the pain of the illegal tobacco trade, posting super-sized drops in revenue in recent reporting.

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Coles puts heat on Woolworths with strong sales growth

Supermarket giant Coles continues to take market share from key rival Woolworths, posting stronger quarterly sales growth than its bigger competitor.

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'Eye off the ball': Woolies lays blame for limp results

A string of "distractions" are the reason why Woolworths failed to deliver for shareholders, the company's leaders say.

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The Guardian - AU

Groceries via delivery apps like Uber Eats, DoorDash and Milkrun can be up to 39% more expensive

Seven out of 13 items at Aldi were priced higher on DoorDash than in store, while Milkrun charged more for 11 out of 13 items from Woolworths

AAP

Pharmacy giant grows as Australians try to shrink

Sigma has grown to be bigger than grocery giants Woolworths and Coles after a mega-merger with a leading pharmacy chain.

The Guardian - UK

‘I don’t really have sex to music, it’s a bit Tom Cruise’: Miles Kane’s honest playlist

The singer and Last Shadow Puppets frontman has come a long way from buying No Limit at Woolworths, but what song can make him cry?

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Woolies Responds After Pauline Hanson’s Bizarre Social Media Rant Over 25c Paper Bags

Pauline Hanson went viral for her rant on bags — the Woolworths kind.

The Guardian - AU

A new soft plastics recycling scheme is replacing Australia’s failed REDcycle. Will it mean consumers have to pay more?

A consortium of manufacturers aims to fund the sorting and processing of soft plastics for reuse – but critics say it will pass costs on to consumers

The Independent UK

Urgent warning issued after popular nappy brand found to be infested with pest larvae

Khapra beetle larvae, a top threat to Australia’s grains, don’t pose any immediate health risk to humans but are a biosecurity concern

The Guardian - AU

Conroy says Labor unconcerned by PNG-China discussions – as it happened

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