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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. Sorry M&S, it turns out Barbie does her shopping at Aldi

    Aldi has its very own Barbie doll now… (Picture: Will Ireland/PinPep) She’s been an astronaut, a showgirl, a…
    #London #Britain #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Barnet #Aldi #Barbie #Family #Lifestyle #Shopping #Supermarkets #Toys
    europesays.com/gbr/london/2018

  8. 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

  9. 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

  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

  12. “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>

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. Digesting Food Studies—Episode 114: Flexitarianism
    rss.com/podcasts/digesting-foo

    Are you a carnivore? A vegan? A frugivore? Or do you fall in between categories of eater, identifying more as a flexitarian? As we learn from this episode’s guest author, Kelsey Speakman, flexitarianism is a complex space of food making, ethical and multispecies relationships, and marketing rhetoric.

    Kelsey’s article on the subject, “Beef, Beans, or Byproducts? Following Flexitarianism’s Finances,” comes from Vol. 11, No. 4 of Canadian Food Studies (doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v11i). And sandwiching this meat-alternatives theme are Alexia Moyer on a powerful kitchen implement, and Milka Milicevic on the power of true alternatives in eating.

    #DigestingFoodStudies
    #FoodPodcast
    #Flexitarianism
    #FoodAlternatives
    #Eating
    #Supermarkets
    #KitchenMallet
    #Meat
    #Vegetarianism
    #GeorgeBrownPolytechnic
    #GBPolytech
    #GBCollege
    #HonoursBachelorOfFoodStudies
    #TheSpaceMerchants
    #FrederikPohl
    #CyrilKornbluth
    #FoodStudies
    #Academia

    photos: Alexia Moyer

  16. Digesting Food Studies—Episode 114: Flexitarianism
    rss.com/podcasts/digesting-foo

    Are you a carnivore? A vegan? A frugivore? Or do you fall in between categories of eater, identifying more as a flexitarian? As we learn from this episode’s guest author, Kelsey Speakman, flexitarianism is a complex space of food making, ethical and multispecies relationships, and marketing rhetoric.

    Kelsey’s article on the subject, “Beef, Beans, or Byproducts? Following Flexitarianism’s Finances,” comes from Vol. 11, No. 4 of Canadian Food Studies (doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v11i). And sandwiching this meat-alternatives theme are Alexia Moyer on a powerful kitchen implement, and Milka Milicevic on the power of true alternatives in eating.

    #DigestingFoodStudies
    #FoodPodcast
    #Flexitarianism
    #FoodAlternatives
    #Eating
    #Supermarkets
    #KitchenMallet
    #Meat
    #Vegetarianism
    #GeorgeBrownPolytechnic
    #GBPolytech
    #GBCollege
    #HonoursBachelorOfFoodStudies
    #TheSpaceMerchants
    #FrederikPohl
    #CyrilKornbluth
    #FoodStudies
    #Academia

    photos: Alexia Moyer