#woolworths — Public Fediverse posts

Fun. Tbh I stopped going to #bunnings #kmart #Coles and #Woolworths if they keep making these choices I feel I made a wise decision.
#commerce #shopping #aus
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-06/ai-chatbot-shopping-buddy-bunnings-australia-retailers/107102066

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’

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/25/woolworths-disney-ooshies-craze-causes-coles-sales-slump

#Coles #Woolworths #Supermarkets #Business #Retailindustry #Australianews #TheGuardian #LucaIttimani

Woolworths’ Ooshies craze causes Coles sales slump with parents shopping at rival supermarket to collect toys https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/25/woolworths-disney-ooshies-craze-causes-coles-sales-slump #Coles #Woolworths #Supermarkets #Business #RetailIndustry #AustraliaNews

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’

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/18/concerns-security-privacy-facial-recognition-technology-coles-woolworths

#Supermarkets #Australianews #Technology #Facialrecognition #Coles #Woolworths #Business #Retailindustry #TheGuardian #CatieMcLeodConsumeraffairsreporter

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

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/aug/17/shoplifting-wave-putting-facial-recognition-technology-everywhere-will-fix-it

#Coles #Woolworths #Retailindustry #Supermarkets #Costoflivingcrisis #TheGuardian #FirstDogontheMoon

“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 <https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-17/coles-and-woolworths-to-test-facial-recognition-technology/107045036>

Squeaky Gate olive oil sold at Coles and Woolworths declared Australia’s best by Canstar https://www.diningandcooking.com/2766451/squeaky-gate-olive-oil-sold-at-coles-and-woolworths-declared-australias-best-by-canstar/ #Canstar #Coles #Mediterranean #MediterraneanOliveOil #Olive #OliveOil #OliveOils #SqueakyGate #Woolworths #YahooLifestyle

Squeaky Gate olive oil sold at Coles and Woolworths declared Australia’s best by Canstar

Canstar has revealed which supermarket olive oil is the best in Australia. The consumer group told Yahoo Lifestyle it surveyed …
#dining #cooking #diet #food #MediterraneanOliveOil #OliveOil #Canstar #Coles #Mediterranean #Olive #oliveoils #SqueakyGate #Woolworths #YahooLifestyle
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2766451/squeaky-gate-olive-oil-sold-at-coles-and-woolworths-declared-australias-best-by-canstar/

How neoclassical economists claim competition works:

"We at Woolworths need to innovate by reducing our prices and improving the quality of our products and service to win customers from our competitor, Coles. If we don't, all our customers will go to them instead of us, and we'll go broke!"

What actually happens in Australia:

"Hey look, Coles is getting away with a new way of screwing over its customers/suppliers/workers. We need to roll out that form of enshittification across our stores too. Most of our customers have no other convenient choice except for them and us, and because the same bullshit happens at both chains, the only thing that'll happen if they switch is they'll lose their rewards points!"

#australia #auspol #Coles #Woolworths #Colesworths #capitalism #business

Coles put commercial interests above its customers – and was caught red-handed https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/14/coles-supermarket-down-misleading-commercial-interests-above-customers #Supermarkets #ConsumerAffairs #Business #Business #Coles #Woolworths #AustraliaNews

Well knock me down down with a misleading discount label.

I truely believed the supermarket duopoly was going to get away with this pricing deception.

#accc #coles #woolworths #federalcourt #supermarket #supermarketduopoly #consumerlaw #deception

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-14/coles-accc-federal-court-judgment/106673800?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

Greenwashing, now available in your local grocery store..

"More than 27,000 packaged foods sold at Coles, Woolworths, Aldi, IGA and Harris Farm supermarkets in Sydney were assessed by researchers from the George Institute for Global Health.

Nearly four in 10 products carried some sort of sustainability claim, the study in Public Health Nutrition found.

Associate Prof Alexandra Jones, the institute’s program lead for food governance, said the majority of claims were self-declared by the manufacturer, without independent verification.

“Consumers are increasingly trying to make food choices that are good for the planet, and manufacturers know it. What we’re finding is that the labels designed to guide those choices are largely unregulated and that creates real risks of greenwashing.”

Out of 69 different environmental claims identified by the researchers, “natural” and “vegan” appeared most often. Some, like “sustainable” or “natural”, were so broad as to be almost meaningless, she said.

“There’s no legal meaning of ‘natural’, but we know that people associate it with being better for you, or being better for the environment,” she said. “But many things are natural that are not good in a health context. Sugar is natural – that doesn’t mean it’s good for you.”"

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/11/supermarket-foods-claiming-to-be-natural-or-sustainable-mostly-just-using-marketing-terms-researchers-find

#Greenwashing #Corruption #DirtyTactics #News #Australia #Coles #Woolworths #Aldi #IGA #Food #Groceries #Activism

Want to get ripped of at Woolworths or Coles?

Buy the heavy reduced bottles of
Cussons
Radiant
Commercial Blend

And then discover that "Commercial Blend" means it is diluted to half strength and you'll need to add 2 capfuls instead of 1 capful to your wash.

"Commercial" here looks to mean "piss in the customers' pockets to give them a warm feeling while you fleece them".

#RipOff #Woolworths #Coles #Cussons #RadiantDetergent #ConsumingIn2026 #Australia #PissIngMyPocket