Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Woolworths

Why Woolworths workers can’t sleep at night: inside the supermarket giant’s controversial ‘Framework’

In early 2024, Woolworths introduced a new worker performance management program across warehouses run by the company’s distribution arm, Primary Connect.

The Conversation

Who does Woolworths’ tracking and timing of its workers serve? It’s certainly not the customers

Who does Woolworths’ tracking and timing of its workers serve? It’s certainly not the customers

Algorithmic management tools aren’t punitive and coercive by accident, but by design

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: supermarkets blame others in fake discounts case; Pelicot to testify in French mass rape trial; and a chocolate taste test

Afternoon Update: supermarkets blame others in fake discounts case; Pelicot to testify in French mass rape trial; and a chocolate taste test

ACCC lodges fresh legal documents showing more than 250 items which it alleges had prices briefly raised before being ‘discounted’

The Guardian - AU

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

inkl

Woolworths and Coles blame suppliers and ‘outbreak of high inflation’ in fake discounts case

Supermarket giants appear in federal court in Melbourne for first time since ACCC launched action over alleged price increases and discount deals

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: how Woolworths tracks and times its workers, Crisafulli faces abortion policy questions, Outback meets Succession

Changes to eliminate ‘time-wasting’ at warehouses condemned by workers

The Guardian - AU

Coles, Woolies call price check on ACCC discount claim

Supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths will fight the consumer watchdog over accusations of dodgy "price drop" campaigns.

‘Stop all time wasting’: Woolworths workers tracked and timed under new efficiency crackdown

The supermarket giant has increased pressure on employees with a new framework that warehouse staff describe as ‘bullying’ and unsafe

The Guardian - AU

inkl

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

The 90s revival continues! WH Smith announces it's selling vinyl in shops again

The 90s revival continues! WH Smith announces it's selling vinyl in shops again

WH Smith is about to become your local record store again –someone tell me Woolworths is reopening!

Supermarkets blamed most for cost-of-living woes

Supermarkets blamed most for cost-of-living woes

A new report reveals Australians lay the blame for the rising cost of living at the feet of supermarkets.

Supermarkets tight-lipped on Tim Tam price discrepancy

Supermarkets tight-lipped on Tim Tam price discrepancy

Australia's major supermarkets say their suppliers are being hit by inflation which is trickling through to prices at the checkout.

Australian supermarket ginger beer taste test: ‘It’s the Sunrise breakfast TV of the soft drink aisle’

Australian supermarket ginger beer taste test: ‘It’s the Sunrise breakfast TV of the soft drink aisle’

From aggressively spicy brews to one that tastes like ‘dental goo’, Nicholas Jordan tries 17 ginger beers – and gets fizzy-cal

The Guardian - AU

Aussie classics Vegemite and Tim Tams cheaper in UK supermarkets than Australia

Aussie classics Vegemite and Tim Tams cheaper in UK supermarkets than Australia

Vegemite sells for 30 cents more per 100g in Australia, a salty byproduct of lower supermarket competition sure to leave a bad taste

The Guardian - AU

How too many hoops to jump through risks driving away dedicated volunteers

How too many hoops to jump through risks driving away dedicated volunteers

Letters: 'It's occurring in many volunteering services'

Newcastle Herald

Woolworths lands apartment tower deal for prime site

Woolworths lands apartment tower deal for prime site

A vacant inner-city site bought by Woolworths' development arm in 2020 will become a multi-storey apartment complex anchored by the supermarket.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Rising grocery prices makes feeding kids a challenge

Australian shoppers say it has become harder to provide kids with nutritious food and it's time for the government to crack down on supermarkets.

The Conversation

‘Shrinkflation’ is the Albanese government’s next target to protect supermarket shoppers

The Albanese government will tackle “shrinkflation” in supermarkets and potentially other parts of the retail sector.

Expert rejects supermarket land banking concerns

A retail expert says it's "not unreasonable" for supermarkets to spend years developing sites for stores, as the government moves to crack down on land banking.

The Guardian - AU

Assange says he is free because he ‘pled guilty to journalism’ – as it happened

This blog is now closed

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Conversation

Government moves to tighten planning rules to stop land banking and boost supermarket competition

The Albanese government, in a fresh strike against the supermarkets, has announced it will work with the states to reform regulations to help boost competition by opening more sites for new stores.

The Guardian - AU

Coles and Woolworths are in hot water with the regulator. What happens now?

If ‘was/is’ pricing was the thought bubble of people in marketing, a lawyer says, the supermarket duo might be in for some trouble

The Conversation

‘Concerning’: ACCC interim report on supermarket inquiry tells of supplier woes and ‘oligopolistic’ market

It hasn’t been a good week for Coles and Woolworths. On Monday, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (the national competition regulator or ACCC) announced it was taking legal action against the big supermarkets over alleged misleading pricing claims.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Australia’s ‘oligopolists’, Musk’s Trump funding, and paths to negative gearing reform

Watchdog’s interim report slams Coles and Woolworths for squeezing out competition; Republican ground game paid for by billionaire’s Pac

Major supermarkets breached trust, Albanese says

It is "a breach of trust" for supermarkets to behave like this, Anthony Albanese says after Coles and Woolworths were criticised over "misleading" specials.

Aldi reigns supreme as more customers compare grocers

Aldi has prevailed in a second supermarket basket comparison, a process many customers are carrying out before their weekly shop.

Shopping around could help lower grocery prices for all

Aldi shoppers are paying significantly less than Coles or Woolworths customers but the biggest savers could be those shopping across all three.

1 … 10 11 12 13

People

195,057 stories

David Crisafulli

Allegra Spender

Nicholas Jordan

Jaswinder Singh

Jeannette Young

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

inkl

Organisations

Guardian Australia

The Conversation

the Federal Court

inkl

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

383,934 stories

140,963 stories

the Middle East

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.

Download on the AppStore

Get it on Google Play