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Coles chief executive Leah Weckert.

Prices down down, sales up up: Coles boss defends discounts as ACCC case concludes

The supermarket giant expects shoppers to keep finding discounts and specials as it winds up a fortnight-long legal battle with the competition watchdog.

  • Jessica Yun

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Woolworths chief executive Amanda Bardwell is starting to turn around the supermarket giant’s recent underperformance.

‘The right types of promotions’: Woolies lures customers back with lower prices

Lower prices for longer and weekly specials have helped Woolworths turn around consistent underperformance as it prepares to duel with the ACCC over alleged illusory discounts.

  • Jessica Yun
Amazon will deliver meat, dairy, eggs, and other fresh produce for the first time after a partnership with premium grocery chain Harris Farm Markets.

‘The missing piece’: Amazon will deliver fresh food for the first time

The US juggernaut’s partnership with premium grocery chain Harris Farm addresses a major gap – and intensifies competition for Coles and Woolworths.

  • Jessica Yun
The first Costco in Australia opened in Docklands, Melbourne, and became one of the top-performing stores globally.

‘Played the long game’: Bulk-buying habits make Costco more profitable than Aldi

Australians are driving across town to stock up on toilet paper, $6.99 rotisserie chickens and beef mince.

  • Jessica Yun
Woolworths CEO Amanda Bardwell said in the year ahead the company would “focus on rebuilding momentum and restoring customer trust”.

The questions Woolworths’ boss needs to answer

The supermarket giant’s latest quarterly update has delivered more disappointment and its chief executive Amanda Bardwell faces an uphill battle to revive the brand.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Aldi is taking the fight to Coles and Woolworths over Christmas lunch spending.

Lobster tails, pistachio panettone: Like it or not, Aldi has kicked off the battle for Christmas

As Woolworths and Coles narrow the price gap, the discount supermarket is ringing in the pivotal end-of-year trading period in style.

  • Jessica Yun
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I found the best supermarket. It treats you like it’s a communist dictatorship

When it comes to Woolworths, Coles, Aldi or IGA – you think you want choice, but do you really?

  • Nicola Redhouse
Aldi’s most highly coveted items won’t be found on DoorDash.

In stores only: The high-demand Aldi items you can’t buy on DoorDash

Australians can finally order Aldi groceries online – but most will still have to wait a few months, and not every item is on the app.

  • Jessica Yun
Woolworths, Coles, Aldi and Metcash (IGA) are under pressure to lower grocery prices by the government.

There’s no proof big supermarkets are price gouging, but Labor will ban it anyway

Labor would target supermarkets price gouging customers but has stopped short of Peter Dutton’s populist plan to give regulators power to break up big chains.

  • Millie Muroi and James Massola
When it comes to after-dinner treats, two squares of dark chocolate per night will never be enough to cure our collective problems.

In the supermarket’s most tempting aisle, a familiar problem presents itself

When it comes to after-dinner treats, two squares of dark chocolate a night will never be enough to cure our collective problems.

  • Thomas Mitchell