#coles — Public Fediverse posts
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Coles website down after viral Reddit post sees customers buy cases of alcoholic drinks at nearly 80% discount
By Penry BuckleySupermarket’s website and app go offline as customers save more than $100 on some 24-packs
#Consumeraffairs #Coles #Australianews #Supermarkets #TheGuardian #PenryBuckley
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Coles website down after viral Reddit post sees customers buy cases of alcoholic drinks at nearly 80% discount https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/22/coles-website-down-after-viral-reddit-post-sees-customers-buy-cases-of-alcoholic-drinks-at-nearly-80-discount #ConsumerAffairs #Coles #AustraliaNews #Supermarkets
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55c ‘flavour saviour’ behind all-new sausage rolls
For decades, Aussies have been using French onion soup mix as the cheat’s way to add huge flavour to everything. From soups to stews, pies to quiches, it’s been popular not only for its f…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Frenchrecipes #Coles #dinner #francais #france #French #frenchfoodrecipes #Frenchonionsoupmix #frenchrecipes #hack #Recipes #sausagerolls
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2775312/55c-flavour-saviour-behind-all-new-sausage-rolls/ -
55c ‘flavour saviour’ behind all-new sausage rolls https://www.diningandcooking.com/2775312/55c-flavour-saviour-behind-all-new-sausage-rolls/ #Coles #dinner #francais #france #French #FrenchFoodRecipes #FrenchOnionSoupMix #FrenchRecipes #hack #Recipes #SausageRolls
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Alarm raised over ‘privacy dilemma’ of facial recognition technology at Coles and Woolworths
By Catie McLeod Consumer affairs reporterSupermarkets say they are exploring ways to keep people safe, but experts claim the tech is ‘normalising surveillance’
#Supermarkets #Australianews #Technology #Facialrecognition #Coles #Woolworths #Business #Retailindustry #TheGuardian #CatieMcLeodConsumeraffairsreporter
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Shoplifting crime wave?! Putting facial recognition technology everywhere will fix it | First Dog on the Moon
By First Dog on the MoonSupermarkets Coles and Woolworths promise not to abuse this technology even though facial recognition algorithms have known biases
#Coles #Woolworths #Retailindustry #Supermarkets #Costoflivingcrisis #TheGuardian #FirstDogontheMoon
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“Coles and Woolworths have conducted tests of #FacialRecognition #technology, but it is unclear if either supermarket will be implementing it in stores.
It comes after the #AustraliaFinancialReview reported both Coles and Woolworths had trialled the technology as part of an ongoing effort to combat retail crime.”
s/retail/corporate crime
If cameras were in the #BoardRoom and key executive offices #CorporateCrime in the two #SuperMarkets would be reduced (Staff underpayments, price collusion with suppliers, brand replacement) 🤪🤣☺️
#Coles / #Woolworths / #AI / #profiling <https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-17/coles-and-woolworths-to-test-facial-recognition-technology/107045036>
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Coles and Woolworths test facial recognition technology
Coles and Woolworths have conducted tests of facial recognition technology, but it is unclear if either supermarket will…
#NewsBeep #News #Artificialintelligence #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AU #Australia #bunnings #Coles #Crime #crimefighting #crimeprevention #FacialRecognition #privacy #Technology
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Having lost that case, Coles takes a major step to earn back customers' trust …
by teaming up with f#@$%ing PALANTIR! 🤯😡🤮 -
Squeaky Gate olive oil sold at Coles and Woolworths declared Australia’s best by Canstar https://www.diningandcooking.com/2766451/squeaky-gate-olive-oil-sold-at-coles-and-woolworths-declared-australias-best-by-canstar/ #Canstar #Coles #Mediterranean #MediterraneanOliveOil #Olive #OliveOil #OliveOils #SqueakyGate #Woolworths #YahooLifestyle
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Squeaky Gate olive oil sold at Coles and Woolworths declared Australia’s best by Canstar
Canstar has revealed which supermarket olive oil is the best in Australia. The consumer group told Yahoo Lifestyle it surveyed …
#dining #cooking #diet #food #MediterraneanOliveOil #OliveOil #Canstar #Coles #Mediterranean #Olive #oliveoils #SqueakyGate #Woolworths #YahooLifestyle
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How neoclassical economists claim competition works:
"We at Woolworths need to innovate by reducing our prices and improving the quality of our products and service to win customers from our competitor, Coles. If we don't, all our customers will go to them instead of us, and we'll go broke!"
What actually happens in Australia:
"Hey look, Coles is getting away with a new way of screwing over its customers/suppliers/workers. We need to roll out that form of enshittification across our stores too. Most of our customers have no other convenient choice except for them and us, and because the same bullshit happens at both chains, the only thing that'll happen if they switch is they'll lose their rewards points!"
#australia #auspol #Coles #Woolworths #Colesworths #capitalism #business -
Coles put commercial interests above its customers – and was caught red-handed https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/14/coles-supermarket-down-misleading-commercial-interests-above-customers #Supermarkets #ConsumerAffairs #Business #Business #Coles #Woolworths #AustraliaNews
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Court rules Coles misled shoppers with its ‘Down Down’ discount campaign
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Well knock me down down with a misleading discount label.
I truely believed the supermarket duopoly was going to get away with this pricing deception.
#accc #coles #woolworths #federalcourt #supermarket #supermarketduopoly #consumerlaw #deception
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Greenwashing, now available in your local grocery store..
"More than 27,000 packaged foods sold at Coles, Woolworths, Aldi, IGA and Harris Farm supermarkets in Sydney were assessed by researchers from the George Institute for Global Health.
Nearly four in 10 products carried some sort of sustainability claim, the study in Public Health Nutrition found.
Associate Prof Alexandra Jones, the institute’s program lead for food governance, said the majority of claims were self-declared by the manufacturer, without independent verification.
“Consumers are increasingly trying to make food choices that are good for the planet, and manufacturers know it. What we’re finding is that the labels designed to guide those choices are largely unregulated and that creates real risks of greenwashing.”
Out of 69 different environmental claims identified by the researchers, “natural” and “vegan” appeared most often. Some, like “sustainable” or “natural”, were so broad as to be almost meaningless, she said.
“There’s no legal meaning of ‘natural’, but we know that people associate it with being better for you, or being better for the environment,” she said. “But many things are natural that are not good in a health context. Sugar is natural – that doesn’t mean it’s good for you.”"
#Greenwashing #Corruption #DirtyTactics #News #Australia #Coles #Woolworths #Aldi #IGA #Food #Groceries #Activism
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Hype for the Future 188D: Route 45 in Central Illinois
Introduction Within the east-central region of the State of Illinois is the notable corridor of Route 45, which contains notable communities such as Mattoon and Champaign along the route. Between the cities, however, are numerous smaller communities located within Coles, Douglas, and Champaign Counties. Communities The Village of Humboldt is located to the north of the City of Mattoon along Route 45, with the larger City of Arcola located in Douglas County nearby. The City of Arcola is […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/05/07/hype-for-the-future-188d-route-45-in-central-illinois/
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Hype for the Future 188B: City of Charleston, Illinois
Overview The City of Charleston is a city located in and the county seat of Coles County, Illinois, along Routes 16 and 130. Today, the community is most notable for Eastern Illinois University, while also serving as home to the Tarble Museum of Art, the Dudley House, and the local Charleston House Bed and Breakfast. The Lincoln Douglas Debate Museum is to the northwest, near the site of the Coles County Fairgrounds, northwest of the downtown area. To the west along Route 16 is the City of […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/05/07/hype-for-the-future-188b-city-of-charleston-illinois/
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well how about that, local #Coles just put the price of their 2l of milk up by 10%. Was $3.20 a week ago, $3.55 today
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Want to get ripped of at Woolworths or Coles?
Buy the heavy reduced bottles of
Cussons
Radiant
Commercial BlendAnd then discover that "Commercial Blend" means it is diluted to half strength and you'll need to add 2 capfuls instead of 1 capful to your wash.
"Commercial" here looks to mean "piss in the customers' pockets to give them a warm feeling while you fleece them".
#RipOff #Woolworths #Coles #Cussons #RadiantDetergent #ConsumingIn2026 #Australia #PissIngMyPocket
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The 1926 Irish Census
An interesting little booklet arrived in the post yesterday. It gives an overview of the 1926 census, which has just been made available online. This was the first census to be taken after the end of the War of Independence and the creation of the Irish Free State.
The census was taken on April 18th 1926 (i.e. 100 years ago yesterday) and the total population recorded was just 2,971, 992 a drop of 168,000 compared to the 1911 census (for the same 26 counties; this being after partition, the six counties of Northern Ireland are not included). The current population is around 5.3 million.
This is a full release of the census: not only names and numbers but also complete digital scans of all the returns can be downloaded. It’s fascinating to see the actually hand-written forms.
Out of curiosity I searched for the surname “Coles” in the 1926 census using the online platform and found only 25 entries, most of them in Wexford but also a small cluster in County Cork (in Cobh, actually). I know that “Coles” is not a common name in Ireland – it’s associated with England and Wales – but I hadn’t expected so few. There are a couple of entries in Dublin: one refers to a 32-year old woman called “Alfa Coles”. The latter record is completed in Irish – most of the others are in Irish.
Some years ago I found that there is a Coles Coat of Arms and subsequently found that in Burkes General Armory (which details all the Coats of Arms registered in the UK and Ireland) the first entry under the surname Coles is indeed in Ireland, where it was confirmed in 1647. That date is during the Irish Confederate Wars, a couple of years before Oliver Cromwell arrived in Ireland with his army. One might surmise that this particular branch of the Coles lineage was somehow caught up in these hostilities, probably on the English side.
Anyway, as well as being a goldmine for historians, those of you out there with Irish lineage will no doubt find it interesting to search the 1926 census to find the records pertaining to your ancestors.
The next census of Ireland takes place on 9th May 2027.
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Is this a deliberate thing?
Grocery chains putting an item on special on the day of their specials changes then no more than 5 minutes later listing the item as "Not available". I've seen coles do this numerous times and now witnessed woolies do it too..
Seems to be so they can "say" they have things on special without actually having to sell anything at a discounted price or lose money. That's dishonest conduct to me.
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Is Sorrentina the new Tuscan? The Italian flavour profile we can’t get enough of
There’s nothing better than a comforting bowl of pasta for dinner, especially when it’s ready in mere minutes. That’s why we’re obsessed with this new p…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #DinnerTonight #Italiandinner #Coles #dinner #Gnocchi #Italia #Italian #ItalianDinner #italiano #italy #Sorrentina
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2591695/is-sorrentina-the-new-tuscan-the-italian-flavour-profile-we-cant-get-enough-of/ -
Gentrified groceries ie Colesworth, doing Colesworth things. Coming to an inner-city suburb near you.
