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  1. 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

  2. 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

  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. “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>

  5. Strike over as Woolworths workers accept new offer from supermarket giant
    abc.net.au/news/2024-12-07/woo

    Strikes work.
    Industrial action works.
    Unions work for the workers.
    Woolies is no friend of workers.
    The Fair Work Commission is not fair.

    The United Workers Union got Woolies management to finally agree not to punish workers for their speed of work, and to give workers a boost in wages.

    The "framework" that Woolies was trying to foist on its warehouse workers would have required warehouse staff to achieve a 100% performance and speed.

    The union called it "dangerous, inhumane and unsafe". I consider it unrealistic for humans, dangerous for robots, and certain to cause injuries to anyone nearby in a short time. Think about it for a moment you'll see it was absolutely bonkers and whoever proposed it should be sacked for posing such a dire OH&S risk.

    This debacle has shown that the Fair Work Commission is not fair and impartial.
    Furthermore, Woolies has blown millions of dollars to show everyone they're no friend of workers.

    I urge you to continue your boycott of Woolies, and start campaigning to have the Governor General clear-out LNP stooges from the FWC.

    #AusPol #BoycottWoolies #Scab #StrikeBreaking #Woolies #Woolworths #Unions #UnitedWorkersUnion #PayYourWorkers #IndustrialAction #WooliesStrike #WooliesOnline #FairWorkCommission

  6. Woolworths wins Fair Work Commission bid against United Workers Union
    abc.net.au/news/2024-12-06/woo

    This is grim news for Woolies workers.

    And, it sets a bad precedent. Other large retailers with distribution centres around Australia will be looking at this news and thinking they can screw their workers the same way and not face a picket-line outside their warehouses.

    It's also worth noting that the Fair Work Commission has been stacked by LNP cronies over the last few years when the LNP were in government and had power over appointments. I'm sure many people at the Fair Work Commission try to be impartial, but it shouldn't come as a surprise when they sometimes make decisions that favour big business. The LNP has a long history of undermining "independent umpires" -- workers at Woolies and the United Workers Union are not on a level playing field.

    The good news is that the United Workers Union is likely lodge an appeal, so they're still in with a fight.

    My personal boycott of Woolies remains in place -- my partner & I are instead shopping at other supermarkets and local grocers, and we're thinking of making the boycott permanent. I suggest you show solidarity with the workers and boycott Woolies.

    #AusPol #BoycottWoolies #Scab #StrikeBreaking #Woolies #Woolworths #Unions #UnitedWorkersUnion #PayYourWorkers #IndustrialAction #WooliesStrike #WooliesOnline #FairWorkCommission

  7. 'We're deeply sorry': Woolworths CEO lies to customers about bare shelves as she vows to screw-over workers
    (fixed the headline for you)
    9news.com.au/national/woolwort

    Woolworths CEO Amanda Bardwell could end the strike any time she wants. She could get the workers back to work and have supermarket shelves restocked quickly. Instead, she's choosing to prolong the industrial action, further emperil negotiations with workers, and inconvenience customers across Victoria, NSW, and the ACT.

    #BoycottWoolies #Scab #StrikeBreaking #Woolies #Woolworths #Unions #PayYourWorkers #IndustrialAction #WooliesStrike #WooliesOnline

  8. Woolworths says ongoing strike has already cost it $50 million in lost food sales
    9news.com.au/national/woolwort

    Suck shit, Woolies — you should have negotiated in good faith with the unions and offered your workers reasonable pay and conditions.

    Can you imagine how much better the outcome would have been for everyone if Woolies had put that $50 Million into workers' pay-packets instead of attempting to break the strike with scab labour?

    #BoycottWoolies #Scab #StrikeBreaking #Woolies #Woolworths #Unions #PayYourWorkers #IndustrialAction #WooliesStrike #WooliesOnline

  9. Woolworths uses scab labour in distribution centre amid ongoing strike
    (fixed the headline for you)
    theguardian.com/australia-news

    Boycott Woolies!

    Woolies has resorted to bringing in scab labour rather than talk to workers who are asking for better pay & conditions, and job security.

    #BoycottWoolies #Scab #StrikeBreaking #Woolies #Woolworths #Unions #PayYourWorkers #IndustrialAction #WooliesStrike #WooliesOnline

  10. Success! My local Woolworths is now supplying Rainforest Alliance bananas, as advertised!

    I'm not sure how many of you helped make this happen by getting free bananas or telling your friends or whatever, but thank you to those who did!

    #RainforestAlliance #bananas #Woolworths