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Finder reveals 16.1 million Aussies affected by shrinkflation
Australian consumers are increasingly noticing products becoming smaller while prices remain unchanged. Some 74 per cent said they had noticed products decrease in size or weight over the past year – equivalen...
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Why independent retailers matter more than ever
From LaManna to Harris Farm, family-owned grocers show how scale and local character can coexist.
If re-elected, NZ’s National Party plans to split Foodstuffs into two
The plan would turn New Zealand’s grocery duopoly into three major chains that compete with each other.
What did Woolworths see in the IGA down the road?
What one bizarre visit reveals about the serious power imbalance between independents and the majors.
Coles adds K-beauty to its skincare category
The move comes as K-beauty continues to attract attention through social media, ingredient-led product discovery and dem...
After krill oil move, Coles urged to match Woolworths on plastics
“Coles lags behind its peers on plastic disclosure and reductions of plastic packaging for its own brand products.”
Holy Moly enters Australia through Woolworths
Australia is Holy Moly’s first market outside Europe, marking the next stage of its expansion.
The Palantir problem Coles could not explain away
What began as an AI efficiency play became a lesson in how retailers explain data.
Coles claims Palantir wasn’t used for surveillance, ends partnership
Coles previously claimed that the software is used for operations such as bakery production planning.
Aldi’s ‘dupes’: Where does clever lookalike become a copyright breach?
Aldi has successfully used this dupe or “lookalike” strategy for decades. However, the approach is not without risk.
Foodstuffs North Island names Stewart Smith as COO
Smith will lead Foodstuffs North Island’s supply chain, property, wholesale, customer service, and safety and wellbeing ...
Woolworths plans to move 130 jobs out of New Zealand
The Workers First Union slammed the plans as “corporate greed”.
Woolworths’ Tasmanian beef decision exposes pressure on local producers
A Tasmanian called the loss a “kick in the guts” for the island state’s farmers.
Why Woolworths and Coles are now selling thousands more ‘own brand’ products
Supermarkets have the potential to increase their profitability by selling their own products, as long as they keep a fu...
Woolworths FY26 profit grows as Big W returns, but underpayments weigh
Big W returned to profit as stronger food sales and e-commerce lifted Woolworths’ FY26 result.
Coles FY26 profit climbs as liquor falters and job cuts loom
Liquor faltered as Coles CEO Leah Weckert flagged theft concerns and hundreds of corporate job cuts.
