Charleville Western Times

Sale fail: ALDI’s big truck backfire

WHEN this item went on sale at ALDI last year it flew off shelves within 10 seconds. This morning at the shops was slightly...

aldi editors picks fail kids toy shopping supermarkets

29th Sept. 2018 10:09 AM

This year Aldi will sell motorised Porches and tractors for kids.

New ‘game-changing’ supermarket trend

A FUTURISTIC and largely experimental new tech is taking hold in the retail sector and is slated to help supermarkets crack...

crack down dodgy shoppers editors picks hi tech shopping supermarkets supermarket trend woolworths

12th Sept. 2018 1:09 PM

Can new tech help Woolies stop shoplifting? Picture: Dan Himbrechts

‘Fake honey’ claims hit Capilano, supermarkets

AUSTRALIA’S biggest listed honey company and some of the country’s largest supermarket chains are facing accusations of...

aldi capilano coles editors picks fake honey food adulteration honey live-save supermarkets woolies

03rd Sept. 2018 10:09 AM

Testing has questioned the purity of honey being sold in Australia. Picture: iStock

‘Dear Coles, we need to chat’

PARENTS everywhere will be able to relate to Greg Hughes as he takes aim at the supermarket chain for its “goddamn mini...

coles coles minis editors picks promotion supermarkets supermarket war

17th Aug. 2018 5:08 PM

‘I look at the graveyard of mini laundry detergents, water bottles and Tim Tams and think to myself that this is what my life has become. Just a man surrounded suspiciously with miniature plastic shopping items.’

Heartbreak of farmer working for $2.46 an hour

YOU’D think it could never happen in Australia. But somehow, this man is earning just a fraction of the minimum...

drought editors picks farmer finance money supermarkets

16th Aug. 2018 8:08 AM

Dairy farmer Shane Hickey posted a video to Facebook saying he gets paid just $2.46 an hour.

Supermarkets’ desperate bag ploy

Coles and Woolworths will effectively pay you to bring reusable bags in the latest move to make life easier for customers...

editors picks plastic bag ban plastic bags supermarkets

14th July 2018 4:07 AM

Customers will now be rewarded for bringing their own bags rather than taking purchasing reusables ones. Picture: Joel Carrett/AAP

Woolies surprising tactic to topple Coles

OUR diets - and our waistlines - may actually benefit from Woolies' plan to tackle its big competitor.

editors picks retail supermarkets woolworths

06th July 2018 3:07 PM

Organic Food from Woolworths Macro Wholefoods range has been expanded to 350 items to meet customer demand.

Coles in baby formula backdown

IS THE baby formula shelf crisis over? Apparently so, if this move by Coles is anything to go by.

baby formula coles editors picks hoarding supermarkets

06th July 2018 11:07 AM

Coles has relaxed its baby formula purchase limits. Picture: Nathan Edwards

Supermarkets’ huge profit from bag ban

COLES and Woolworths have denied the plastic bag ban is a money-making scheme, but they stand to make a whopping...

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04th July 2018 12:07 PM

The plastic bag ban is here. Picture: Joel Carrett/AAP

What’s in your supermarket says a lot about your suburb

IF YOU think Coles and Woolies stock the same things in each store, you’d be wrong. From craft beer to kangaroo tails, one...

business editors picks food retail supermarkets

26th June 2018 2:06 PM

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