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  1. 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!

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. “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>

  6. 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

  7. 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.

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    #GroceryDeliveries #supermarkets #groceries