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  1. 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/

  2. 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

  3. 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

  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. 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!

  8. “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>

  9. Bosses are always keen to “reduce the cost of labour” - #incarceratedworkers

    (Note: Australia does not have a ban on products made with #forcedlabour
    #Leggo suppliers Hetian Latitude is run by the #Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), China state-run paramilitary organisation.)

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-27/aus

    #4Corners #Capitalism #cheapness #dupes #exploitation #journalism #supermarkets #tomatoes #Uyghur

  10. The battle over peat: why do some gardeners still insist on using it?
    By Rachel Dixon

    Peat bogs are essential to the environment, holding twice as much carbon as all the world’s forests. But in the UK, 80% are damaged, most of what is extracted is used in horticulture – and some campaigners fear the problem is getting worse

    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #Environment #Plants #Greenhousegasemissions #Climatecrisis #Food #Farming #Supermarkets #Retailindustry #Vegetables #Fruit #Gardens #Lifeandstyle #Wetlands #Soil #Compost #Environmentalactivism #TheGuardian #RachelDixon

  11. I tested 16 supermarket butters and, no, Lurpak wasn’t the best

    Whether you follow the Nigella technique of double-buttering toast (spread a layer, wait for it to melt, then add a second layer on top) or prefer a sparser covering, butter is a da…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #Frenchbutter #Butter #Features #Foodanddrink #francais #france #French #groceries #Subscribers #supermarkets #tastetest
    diningandcooking.com/2554564/i

  12. Filing: #Kroger paid #CEO $19M in 2022, typical worker almost $29K

    by Alexander Coolidge Cincinnati Enquirer
    May 12, 2023

    "Kroger CEO #RodneyMcMullen got a 5.7% pay raise in 2022 as his compensation package climbed $1 million to $19 million, according to a corporate filing Friday morning with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

    "The head of the nation's largest supermarket retailer was paid $18 million in the previous year, according to the Associated Press' methodology for executive compensation that excludes pension value changes.

    "The typical worker got an $1,800 pay raise, climbing 7% in 2022 to $28,644. The ratio of McMullen's pay to the median Kroger worker – as required to be reported by the government – was 671 to 1, a decline from the ratio of 679 to 1 in the previous year.

    "Kroger earned a $2.2 billion #profit on sales of $148 billion last year. In 2022, Kroger contended with higher costs as inflation soared. Overall inflation eased in 2022, climbing 6.4% - slower than 7.2% a year earlier. But the cost of food purchased at #supermarkets and #supercenters rose at a faster rate: 11.8% - the worst calendar year increase since 1978, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

    "Also last year, the grocer proposed acquiring rival #Albertsons in a $25 billion takeover bid that regulators at the Federal Trade Commission are mulling whether to approve or fight.

    "In addition to Kroger stores, the Cincinnati-based grocer operates several regional supermarket chains in 35 states, including #FredMeyer, #HarrisTeeter, #Ralphs, #Marianos, #Frys, Smith's, #KingSoopers, #QFC and others. The company has nearly 2,800 stores and employs 430,000 workers."

    cincinnati.com/story/money/202

    #CorporatePriceGouging #Inflation #CEOPay #ObsceneProfits #FoodInsecurity #PeopleAndPlanetOverProfits #PriceGouging

  13. Marche des fiertés sur Reykjavík cet après-midi. Je ne pense pas la faire cette année (l'effet de foule ne risque pas forcément me faire du bien actuellement...)

    Tout ce mois, les commerces et services (station-service, complexes sportifs, bâtiments officiels, etc.) mettent en avant cet événement, sachant que le mois des fiertés à lieu ici en août. Un exemple au rayon fruits et légumes du Kronan près de chez moi.

    Je crois n'avoir jamais rien vu de tel en France dans les supermarchés. Vous me confirmez ?

    #iceland #supermarkets #lgbtqia #pride2024