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  1. 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

  2. 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.”"

    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #Greenwashing #Corruption #DirtyTactics #News #Australia #Coles #Woolworths #Aldi #IGA #Food #Groceries #Activism

  3. 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.”"

    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #Greenwashing #Corruption #DirtyTactics #News #Australia #Coles #Woolworths #Aldi #IGA #Food #Groceries #Activism

  4. 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.”"

    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #Greenwashing #Corruption #DirtyTactics #News #Australia #Coles #Woolworths #Aldi #IGA #Food #Groceries #Activism

  5. 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.”"

    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #Greenwashing #Corruption #DirtyTactics #News #Australia #Coles #Woolworths #Aldi #IGA #Food #Groceries #Activism

  6. 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.”"

    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #Greenwashing #Corruption #DirtyTactics #News #Australia #Coles #Woolworths #Aldi #IGA #Food #Groceries #Activism

  7. 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 […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  8. Australian Stock Market Closes Higher Amidst Mixed Corporate News

    Australian share market rises as Block Inc. jumps 28%. Coles shares fall after mixed financial results. Find out what happened and why it matters.

    #ASX #BlockInc #Coles #StockMarket #Australia

    newsletter.tf/asx-closes-highe

  9. My local IGA is closing down and turning into a Spudshed. Determined to keep shopping here til the bitter end whenever that is, and it's soon, judging from the emptiness.

    Running out of options to avoid Colesworth. Just symbolically got the last pack of toilet paper.

    #SundayShopping #IGA #Spudshed #Coles #Woolworths #Colesworth

  10. Hype for the Future 103A: Coles County, Illinois

    Introduction Coles County is a Midwestern county located within the east-central portion of the State of Illinois and is home to Eastern Illinois University (EIU). The county is home to two significant communities, namely Charleston in the east and Mattoon in the west, with the City of Charleston containing the aforementioned university and numerous features of the community, including the Dudley House, the Charleston House Bed and Breakfast Inn, and the EIU Tarble Museum of Art. Iconic […]

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