The Transport Workers’ Union has supermarket giant Aldi in its sights, with the union set to kick off a months-long campaign to pressure the retailer to negotiate a national agreement for transport employees. The TWU also wants Aldi to sign on to a charter ensuring “minimum standards” across Australia’s supermarketContinue Reading
Australia’s largest supermarket chain has been slapped with a $1.2m fine after failing to pay Victorian employees their correct long service leave entitlements. Woolworths Group Limited and its subsidiary Woolstar Pty Limited returned before the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Friday morning after pleading guilty to a combined 1227 charges ofContinue Reading
A local supermarket has been crowned one of the world’s best, scooping the IGA Supermarkets International Retailer of the Year award. Saints Foodland in Salisbury Plain in Adelaide’s northern suburbs was chosen from among its global peers and honoured with the title at a ceremony in Las Vegas. The storeContinue Reading
An Adelaide supermarket king who resigned from his job as a Coles trolley collector in the 1970s has made Australia’s top 250 rich list after posting an estimated $827 million fortune. Roger Drake, who is still working despite being in his 70s, is the founder of independent chain Drakes SupermarketsContinue Reading
Bunnings has been crowned Australia’s most trusted brand in a dramatic reversal of loyalty that dethroned the former favourite, Woolworths. A recent survey from research company Roy Morgan revealed the hardware company had taken out the top spot more than three years after it was usurped by the supermarket chain.Continue Reading
A Coles customer has hit out at the supermarket giant after he claims he was made to feel like a thief over their 25 cent paper bags. The shopper took to social media to vent his frustrations, claiming staff insisted on scanning his four Coles paper bags he had setContinue Reading
Away from widespread customer anger over rising grocery prices and billion-dollar profits in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis, Woolworths boss Brad Banducci was highly regarded. In business and investment circles, the South African-born retail giant was seen as something of a God figure, credited with turning around the supermarketContinue Reading
Woolworths shares crashed more than five per cent on Wednesday morning despite the retailer recording a revenue bump over the past six months. Despite the increase, the retailer recorded a profit loss of $781m in the midst of a rolling “PR nightmare”. For the half-year ended December 31, 2023, WoolworthsContinue Reading
The Albanese government will instruct the competition watchdog to scrutinise the supermarket industry amid accusations of price gouging. The 12-month probe, which will conducted by the Australian Competition and Consumer Consumer Commission (ACCC), will examine whether supermarkets have used their market power to expand their profits, and pressure consumers, farmersContinue Reading
Woolworths’ executive is calling on store managers to display the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags at their shops as a part of the company’s commitment to reconciliation. The supermarket chain has faced backlash in recent weeks after it announced it would no longer stock Australia Day merchandise, citing aContinue Reading