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Coles and Woolworths head down, down to federal court

The consumer watchdog is taking Coles and Woolworths to court amid allegations the retailers allegedly artificially increased prices on hundreds of goods.

AAP

Shareholders test Coles, Woolies over extinction threat

Australia's supermarket duopoly is facing a double-barrelled shareholder challenge over fish farming threats to an ancient, imperilled species.

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Woolworths lodges plans to transform old Bunnings Belmont site

It was almost a German supermarket, now a new player is eyeing it off.

Newcastle Herald

Australian supermarket choc-chip biscuit taste test: the best is ‘odd’, the worst ‘smells like play-dough’

In tasting 13 shelf-stable chocolate-chip biscuits, Nicholas Jordan learns that sometimes mediocrity can – and must – suffice

The Guardian - AU

Paying with your face: what will convince consumers to use facial recognition payment technology?

You have probably opened your smartphone using your face. If you have travelled internationally, you have used your face to exit and enter the country. You may have even scanned your face to “verify” your online dating profile. But are you willing to use your face to pay for your…

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The Greens want a super-profits tax. Labor and business used to like the idea too

When the Greens proposed an extra super-profits tax on the excessive part of really excessive profits last week, business and the government acted as if the sky was about to fall in.

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Banned shoplifter's wee act caused 'public alarm'

A man who urinated over $300 of raw meat at Woolworths had already been banned from the supermarket chain because of a shoplifting incident weeks before.

AAP

Woolies registers big profit discount, says prices down

Sales are up at Woolworths but writedowns on its New Zealand stores and drinks business have a taken a huge slice out of its $1.7 billion operating profit.

AAP

Australians should be angry about Coles’ latest billion-dollar profit. But don’t blame the cost of living

Politicians will declare war on ‘cost of living’ and pundits will argue about inflation. The real point is the profits come at workers’ expenses

The Guardian - AU

Aussie shares dip slightly, ending 10-day win streak

The ASX200 has finished three points lower, just enough to snap its longest winning streak since early-2015.

AAP

Woolies trims chicken deal but Inghams says it's paltry

A rise in supermarket sales offset less consumers buying fast-food chicken but poultry giant Inghams has revealed its biggest customer has now cut its orders.

AAP

Free land offer to lure new supermarkets to open in NT

Free land and major project status are being promised to a new supermarket chain by the NT government to help increase competition and drive down prices.

AAP

Incredible bulk: how much can Australians save on dry goods by buying a lot at once?

Independent stores can offer big savings on some items bought in bulk. And for many shoppers it’s not only about the bargains

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They’re 600km off the coast, but farmers on Lord Howe Island say ‘we can’t compete with Woolworths’

A weekly supply plane carries online grocery orders to the island’s 450 residents, but a growing number are returning to subsistence farming

Newcastle Herald

Major supermarket giant eyes off former Belmont Bunnings site

It was almost a German supermarket, now a new player is eyeing it off.

The Guardian - AU

Australian supermarket ravioli taste test: from the ‘sexy’ to the ‘aggressively al dente’

In a blind test of 11 ravioli, tortellini and agnolotti, Nicholas Jordan finds some pastas are silky and generously filled – while others have been stuffed up

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Farmers charged up over renewable energy projects

NSW farmers want more say on how renewable energy projects impact agricultural land and for compensation to be extended for the life of the project.

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Woolies denies sending spy after farmers oust employee

A Woolworths employee has been removed from a farming conference after being accused of spying on producers.

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s major food companies failing nature, report finds

Targets to halt environmental damage ‘severely lacking’, Australian Conservation Foundation says, urging food industry to ‘step up to the plate’

The Canberra Times

Canberra airport, shops running smoothly amid scam warnings

Canberra gets back to normal after IT collapse.

The Guardian - AU

Microsoft IT outage: Australian airlines, banks and supermarkets begin return to normal operations

IT support staff need to implement the fix in person, one computer at a time, experts have said

AAP

Global tech outage delays ease amid questions over cost

Delays at Australian airports after the global IT outage have eased but questions remain as to the cost to the economy and possible compensation.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter stores, trains, airport affected by global tech outage

The details of this report are developing. It may be updated.

The Guardian - AU

Microsoft outage: how Australian airports, banks and supermarkets were affected by major IT meltdown

Home affairs minister Clare O’Neil says outage would take ‘some time to resolve’ following problems caused by a CrowdStrike cybersecurity software update

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