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  1. How could facial recognition technology differ from CCTV?
    By Dannielle Maguire and Daniela Pizzirani

    While security cameras are a regular feature in many supermarkets, new technology could change the face of how businesses monitor customers.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-27/fac

    #Supermarkets #Surveillance #DannielleMaguire #DanielaPizzirani

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Driving the yen's long decline are Japan's relatively low interest rates and the central bank's slow pace of hikes. Under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, investors have also grown concerned about Japan's debt load. japantimes.co.jp/business/2026 #business #companies #yen #japaneseeconomy #supermarkets #banks

  5. ‘They make life much easier’: AI-powered shopping trolleys roll out in Lancashire
    By Raphael Boyd

    Customers give their verdicts as a Morrisons becomes first store in UK to trial trolleys that scan, weigh and add up costs

    theguardian.com/business/2026/

    #Morrisons #UKnews #England #Retailindustry #Shopping #Business #Supermarkets #TheGuardian #RaphaelBoyd

  6. Darwin Woolworths blasts jingle outside store to stop 'loitering'
    By Olivana Lathouris and Jess Ong

    The looping sound of the Woolworths jingle outside a Darwin store has irritated customers, but the supermarket giant says the music is a tactic to reduce anti-social behaviour against staff and customers.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-25/dar

    #Supermarkets #Architecture #Homelessness #OlivanaLathouris #JessOng

  7. 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

  8. theguardian.com/society/2026/a. "Almost a quarter of popular branded #baby #foods sold in #UK #supermarkets still contain excessive amounts of #sugar, a year after the #Government introduced #voluntary #industry #guidelines." Voluntary guidelines be damned! Time for compulsory ones - the #food #industry obviously doesn't care about #child #health, only about its #profits!

  9. Quarter of branded baby foods in UK still have too much sugar, analysis finds
    By Anna Bawden Health and social affairs correspondent

    Exclusive: Of 224 branded infant foods and snacks, more than half are in breach of guidelines brought in a year ago

    theguardian.com/society/2026/a

    #Childrenshealth #Fooddrinkindustry #Sugar #Children #Society #Business #Supermarkets #Retailindustry #TheGuardian #AnnaBawdenHealth #socialaffairscorrespondent

  10. 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

  11. 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