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  1. Finchley supermarket celebrates refurbishment – Barnet Post

    MP Sarah Sackman joined staff and customers at the revamped Waitrose Finchley in Ballards Lane Finchley and Golders…
    #London #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Britain #Business #Finchley #GreatBritain #london #Supermarkets #Waitrose
    europesays.com/uk/1190262/

  2. Finchley supermarket celebrates refurbishment – Barnet Post

    MP Sarah Sackman joined staff and customers at the revamped Waitrose Finchley in Ballards Lane Finchley and Golders…
    #London #Britain #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Barnet #Business #Finchley #Supermarkets #Waitrose
    europesays.com/gbr/london/2144

  3. AI chatbots like Buddy at Bunnings years from becoming norm for shoppers

    AI chatbots are already in use by Australia’s biggest retailers, from Buddy at Bunnings to Olive at Woolworths.…
    #NewsBeep #News #Artificialintelligence #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AU #Australia #compeition #homebrand #privatelabel #Retail #Retailindustry #Supermarkets #Technology
    newsbeep.com/au/881396/

  4. AI chatbots like Buddy at Bunnings years from becoming norm
    By Ahmed Yussuf

    Some of Australia's largest retailers are investing in autonomous AI agents shopping for customers. But experts say the technology is expensive and years from being mainstream.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-06/ai-

    #RetailIndustry #Supermarkets #AI #CostofLiving #AhmedYussuf

  5. AI chatbots like Buddy at Bunnings years from becoming norm
    By Ahmed Yussuf

    Some of Australia's largest retailers are investing in autonomous AI agents shopping for customers. But experts say the technology is expensive and years from being mainstream.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-06/ai-

    #RetailIndustry #Supermarkets #AI #CostofLiving #AhmedYussuf

  6. AI chatbots like Buddy at Bunnings years from becoming norm
    By Ahmed Yussuf

    Some of Australia's largest retailers are investing in autonomous AI agents shopping for customers. But experts say the technology is expensive and years from being mainstream.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-06/ai-

    #RetailIndustry #Supermarkets #AI #CostofLiving #AhmedYussuf

  7. AI chatbots like Buddy at Bunnings years from becoming norm
    By Ahmed Yussuf

    Some of Australia's largest retailers are investing in autonomous AI agents shopping for customers. But experts say the technology is expensive and years from being mainstream.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-06/ai-

    #RetailIndustry #Supermarkets #AI #CostofLiving #AhmedYussuf

  8. AI chatbots like Buddy at Bunnings years from becoming norm
    By Ahmed Yussuf

    Some of Australia's largest retailers are investing in autonomous AI agents shopping for customers. But experts say the technology is expensive and years from being mainstream.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-06/ai-

    #RetailIndustry #Supermarkets #AI #CostofLiving #AhmedYussuf

  9. Farmers frustrated as Coles ends arrangement in home of Big Banana
    By Samuel O'Brien and Lauren Bohane

    Coffs Coast banana farmers struggle to make sense of a decision that will remove their produce from the shelves of a major local supermarket.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-26/cof

    #Supermarkets #FruitGrowing #RegionalCommunities #SamuelOBrien #LaurenBohane

  10. Woolworths posts $1.14bn profit in cost-of-living crisis - but CEO says it’s not thanks to rising shelf prices
    By Luca Ittimani

    CEO claims more customers buying more led to $175m surge in net profit as Ooshies craze boosts sales

    theguardian.com/business/2026/

    #Woolworths #Business #Supermarkets #Australianews #TheGuardian #LucaIttimani

  11. Woolworths’ Ooshies craze causes Coles sales slump with parents shopping at rival supermarket to collect toys
    By Luca Ittimani

    Coles full-year results show that despite gaining market share over past 12 months, sales fell over four weeks of ‘competitor’s collectables campaign’

    theguardian.com/business/2026/

    #Coles #Woolworths #Supermarkets #Business #Retailindustry #Australianews #TheGuardian #LucaIttimani

  12. Alarm raised over ‘privacy dilemma’ of facial recognition technology at Coles and Woolworths
    By Catie McLeod Consumer affairs reporter

    Supermarkets say they are exploring ways to keep people safe, but experts claim the tech is ‘normalising surveillance’

    theguardian.com/business/2026/

    #Supermarkets #Australianews #Technology #Facialrecognition #Coles #Woolworths #Business #Retailindustry #TheGuardian #CatieMcLeodConsumeraffairsreporter

  13. Shoplifting crime wave?! Putting facial recognition technology everywhere will fix it | First Dog on the Moon
    By First Dog on the Moon

    Supermarkets Coles and Woolworths promise not to abuse this technology even though facial recognition algorithms have known biases

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #Coles #Woolworths #Retailindustry #Supermarkets #Costoflivingcrisis #TheGuardian #FirstDogontheMoon

  14. “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 <abc.net.au/news/2026-08-17/col>

  15. One of the major supermarket chains in NZ is offering only 1 source of Brazil nuts, the in-store brand. The bulk bin version isn't available anyway, but costs *more*. Why?

    This single price comparison exposes the fragility of our food supply chain in Aotearoa. If this one company goes bust, we can't just buy the same products elsewhere. With offshore suppliers so far away, if we need to find new sources, Why do we tolerate this commercial monocropping?

    #Woolworths #supermarkets #duopoly

  16. A ‘buttery’ mouthfeel or ‘meadow grass’ notes? How Australian olive oils rank against other supermarket options
    By Eleanor Burnard

    Consumer advocacy group Choice blind tested 30 olive oils – and found many of the highest ranked came from Australia

    theguardian.com/food/2026/jul/

    #Australianfoodanddrink #Consumeraffairs #Australianews #Supermarkets #Woolworths #EleanorBurnard