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  1. ACCC launches inquiry into claims of food labelling after Four Corners investigation
    By Samantha Dick

    Australia's consumer watchdog has launched an inquiry into allegations of misleading consumer conduct after a major Four Corners investigation examining food fraud.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-07/acc

    #ConsumerProtection #ConsumerGoods #FoodSafety #Supermarkets #SamanthaDick

  2. ACCC launches inquiry into claims of food labelling after Four Corners investigation
    By Samantha Dick

    Australia's consumer watchdog has launched an inquiry into allegations of misleading consumer conduct after a major Four Corners investigation examining food fraud.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-07/acc

    #ConsumerProtection #ConsumerGoods #FoodSafety #Supermarkets #SamanthaDick

  3. Ah, the decisions we have to make in this corporatised world we live in.

    Today I realised that if I spend more than $100 on a grocery shop - and I almost always do - I can get it delivered for just under $10. I usually use up about an hour of unpaid labour to go shopping, just under $30 at Living Wage. But for a third of that, I can get the corporation that owns the supermarket I shop at to *pay a worker* to select and bag my groceries for me.

    (1/?)

    #GroceryDeliveries #supermarkets #groceries

  4. Ah, the decisions we have to make in this corporatised world we live in.

    Today I realised that if I spend more than $100 on a grocery shop - and I almost always do - I can get it delivered for just under $10. I usually use up about an hour of unpaid labour to go shopping, just under $30 at Living Wage. But for a third of that, I can get the corporation that owns the supermarket I shop at to *pay a worker* to select and bag my groceries for me.

    (1/?)

    #GroceryDeliveries #supermarkets #groceries

  5. Celery and blood oranges top Australia’s best fruit and veg for August: ‘Everybody should be eating crunchy water’
    By Isabella Lee

    Celeriac is at its peak for soup season, while strawberry supply is strong. Spring onions, however, are on the small side

    theguardian.com/food/2026/aug/

    #Australianlifestyle #Supermarkets #Fruit #Vegetables #TheGuardian #IsabellaLee

  6. Celery and blood oranges top Australia’s best fruit and veg for August: ‘Everybody should be eating crunchy water’
    By Isabella Lee

    Celeriac is at its peak for soup season, while strawberry supply is strong. Spring onions, however, are on the small side

    theguardian.com/food/2026/aug/

    #Australianlifestyle #Supermarkets #Fruit #Vegetables #TheGuardian #IsabellaLee

  7. The vulnerable workers bearing the cost of providing Australia with cheap food
    By Adele Ferguson, Chris Gillett, and Madi Chwasta

    Behind the fruit and vegetables on Australia's supermarket shelves are workers whose stories are rarely heard.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-04/aus

    #Work #AgriculturalWorkers #Immigration #FoodandDrink #Supermarkets #AdeleFerguson #ChrisGillett #MadiChwasta

  8. The vulnerable workers bearing the cost of providing Australia with cheap food
    By Adele Ferguson, Chris Gillett, and Madi Chwasta

    Behind the fruit and vegetables on Australia's supermarket shelves are workers whose stories are rarely heard.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-04/aus

    #Work #AgriculturalWorkers #Immigration #FoodandDrink #Supermarkets #AdeleFerguson #ChrisGillett #MadiChwasta

  9. CW: Food (supermarket; packaged)

    Sainsburys grapes confuse me.

    500g of white grapes are £2. 500g or red grapes are £2.20. So you'd expect 500g of half-red, half-white grapes to be... £2.10, right? But no, that's £2 too.

    So buying 500g of white grapes and 500g of red grapes is cheaper if you buy the mixed packs and then separate them. Why!?

    #note #supermarkets #food #shopping

    Via: 🔗 danq.me/2026/08/03/sainsburys-

  10. CW: Food (supermarket; packaged)

    Sainsburys grapes confuse me.

    500g of white grapes are £2. 500g or red grapes are £2.20. So you'd expect 500g of half-red, half-white grapes to be... £2.10, right? But no, that's £2 too.

    So buying 500g of white grapes and 500g of red grapes is cheaper if you buy the mixed packs and then separate them. Why!?

    #note #supermarkets #food #shopping

    Via: 🔗 danq.me/2026/08/03/sainsburys-

  11. CW: : Sainsburys Grapes

    Sainsburys grapes confuse me.500g of white grapes are £2. 500g or red grapes are £2.20. So you’d expect 500g of half-red, half-white grapes to be… £2.10, right? But no, that’s £2 too.So buying 500g of white grapes and 500g of red grapes is cheaper if you buy the mixed packs and then separate them. Why!? […]
    Read more: danq.me/2026/08/03/sainsburys-

    # #food #shopping #supermarkets

  12. Cottage pie and glass of red, anyone? Britons shun salad despite heat in ‘reverse comfort eating’
    By Caroline Davies

    Nostalgic foods like toad-in-the-hole also in demand at Waitrose as people pivot towards familiarity amid climatic and political upheaval

    theguardian.com/food/2026/jul/

    #Food #Fooddrinkindustry #Supermarkets #Waitrose #Socialtrends #UKnews #Business #TheGuardian #CarolineDavies

  13. 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