The boss of Metcash, the nation’s largest supermarket wholesaler, believes cost pressures swirling through the global economy and causing a rapid acceleration in the price of food and groceries is likely to remain in place until at least the start of next year. And shoppers who first walked into a Metcash-affiliated supermarket – such as […]
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SPAR Australia has launched its new state-of-the-art distribution centre within ESR Australia’s Acacia Ridge Business Park in Brisbane. The 13,400sqm DC will service approximately 240 independent retail supermarkets across the nation. Further, the facility is set to employ over 80 people and will contribute to the employment of an additional 2500 workers who will work
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Woolworths says some 2.2 million customers of its MyDeal business have had their data stolen after the company identified “unauthorised access” to its systems. The supermarket giant made the disclosure late on Friday, after the market had closed. “MyDeal is in the process of contacting the approximately 2.2 million affected customers by email … Woolworths
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Supermarket operator Woolworths has stolen a march on Coles, snapping up a small Sydney mall in which its arch rival is the main tenant and paying a hefty premium for the $68 million property in the process. It’s the latest turf battle between the two grocery giants who typically duke it out on pricing in
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Inventory shrinkage impacts supermarkets all across Australia. It can be caused by customer or employee theft, unreliable inventory management systems, poor recordkeeping, errors with invoices, a change in operations, fraudulent vendors, or misplaced items. A few consequences of inventory shrinkage are as follows: Loss of revenue A lower amount of purchasing power Unsatisfactory customer service
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One of the many pitfalls that supermarket workers might run into is encountering abusive and threatening customers. Not only are these individuals difficult to be around, but they can make an employee’s life miserable in more ways than one. The following guide seeks to help supermarket employers protect their workers from abusive customers in three
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Big retailers are sizing down, with supermarket brand IGA and furniture retailer Ikea both offering up small scale versions of their stores. IGA has announced it will be opening up and rebranding 400 stores across the country as IGA Local Grocers – a small-format supermarket under 500 square metres. “We try as much as we
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Coles Group boss Steven Cain expects shoppers will still splurge on items such as seafood, ham and Black Forest bombe puddings this holiday season and any major pull-back on spending will not occur until early next year. Mr Cain told The Australian Financial Review Coles is catering for all budgets and expects “the best Christmas ever” as
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A Federal Court judge’s ruling on a short list of pre-shift tasks for warehouse workers could cost the chain big time. Aldi could be liable for millions of dollars in compensation after a Federal Court judge found the supermarket chain had underpaid warehouse workers. The court has found Aldi breached employment laws by directing employees to begin work
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A Brisbane man has been charged following an alleged armed robbery at Foodworks on Main Street, Park Avenue. A police spokesperson told CQ Today a 23-year-old man from Algester, a suburb in Brisbane, had been charged with armed robbery. Police alleged the man held up the store at knifepoint on Sunday, 2 October, before police
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Australia’s two biggest supermarkets have both vowed to cut the cost of hundreds of items in their stores as the cost of living continues to soar. Coles announced today it will reduce the price of 150 of its products by 10-40 percent from Wednesday. The lower prices will be locked in until the end of January next year.
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Key points: The North Buderim IGA has closed after being unable to compete with a Coles complex Staff have found other jobs, but there are fears the closure will impact the remaining nine stores in the complex Centre management is confident of finding a tenant to fill the void A battle between supermarkets has been
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Aldi customers have ranked the budget supermarket’s fruit and vegetables better than its pricier competitors, according to a new poll. The results come from Canstar Blue’s Customer Awards where shoppers voted Aldi’s greens into the top spot for the second year running. Customers voted across five categories — “value for money”, “freshness of produce”, “variety”,
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