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Why Wesfarmers is cutting Coles loose 3.0

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AFTER a decade of turning Coles around, Wesfarmers will demerger their $20 billion supermarket business. Retail expert Gary Mortimer tells Australian Food News why Wesfarmers is cutting Coles loose, and what’s at play in the move.

Bag rage impacts Woolworths results

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AUSTRALIA'S biggest grocer Woolworths Group flagged on Monday it was rapidly losing sales momentum after starting to charge shoppers for plastic bags, sending its shares lower.

How AI knows what you buy and what you ought to buy

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THIS shift from reactive to predictive marketing could change the way you shop, bringing you suggestions you perhaps never even considered, all possible because of AI-related opportunities for both retailers and their customers.

Supermarkets competitive lansdcape explained

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KNOW why the supermarket industry is on the threshold of a fresh wave of competition.

Organic trend: ALDI joins Coles and Woolworths expanding category

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THE organics "mega-trend" is drawing ALDI to the party with its launch this month, Organics Month, of an extended private label range. The move in is step with recent moves at Coles and Woolworths and further highlights how a lack of supply chain innovation is keeping prices higher.

Tesco launches ‘Jacks’ discount model to take on Aldi

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IS Tesco's UK launch of a discount chain, 'Jacks', as a competitive response to the inroads of German discounters Aldi and Lidl going to work?

New world of competition, earnings growth challenge awaits Coles

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OPINION: STRONG future earnings prospects from less capital-intensive businesses is what Wesfarmers seeks, so Coles has to go.

Megatrend: Woolworths invests $30m in organic food supply chain

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WOOLWORTHS is putting its money where our mouths are, investing $30 million to drive supply chain innovation in the organic produce mega-trend.

US supermarket titan embraces ugly fruit and vegetables, follows success in Australia

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AMERICA’S largest supermarket chain by revenue, Kroger has announced it is launching an imperfect product program called Peculiar Picks - fruits and vegetables that don’t meet the typical retail aesthetic standards, in an effort to reduce food wastage.

Servos and local grocers now battlefronts in the grocery war of convenience

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THE race is well and truly on between Woolworths and Coles to downsize to convenience-store footprints, with petrol service stations and local grocer real estate being seized for the transformation.

The need-to-know about Woolworths service station sell-off

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WOOLWORTHS Group Limited is entering into a binding agreement to sell its 540 Woolworths-owned fuel convenience sites to EG Group for A$1.725 billion.

Come at me: Woolworths Christmas Pop Outs Vs Coles Little Shop

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WOOLWORTHS’ counter attack to the Coles Little Shop toy promotion begins today and early social media feedback is mixed. But is its success really that important? Hell, yeah! See why.

Online grocery sales growth surging as Amazon enters the fray

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ONLINE grocery shopping has grown significantly, up 39.7% in value sales during the 12 months to October 2018 versus the prior year - well ahead of the total grocery market which grew in value sales by 2.7% in the same period, according to actual sales data released by Nielsen.

Woolworths launches expanded food range to meet customers’ changing dietary needs

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Woolworths has introduced 24 new products in its Woolworths Free From and Macro Wholefood Market range. With the launch of their new products Woolworths aims to cater for the increasingly growing number of Australians living with dietary needs or who choose to be more health conscious. The new Woolworths Free From range includes: Woolworths Free […]

Woolworths merger of liquor and hospitality ready for next year’s spinoff

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On 3 July 2019, Woolworths Group (Australia) announced the combination of its Endeavour Drinks retail business (including BWS and Dan Murphy’s retail outlets) and its ALH hotels, pokie machines and other hospitality assets. The merged businesses will operate as the “Endeavour Group”. In 2020, this combined business is expected to be completely separated and spun […]

Woolworths escapes liability in Federal Court decision for biodegradability claim

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The Federal court of Australia has dismissed the case brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) against supermarket giant Woolworths for alleged false or misleading claims about the biodegradability of its ‘Select Eco’ disposable plates, bowls and cutlery. In a judgement handed down on Friday 5 July 2019, Federal Court Justice Debra Mortimer […]

Woolworths breaks ground on new $135m Melbourne Fresh Distribution Centre development

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Woolworths and Vaughan Constructions have commenced building works on the supermarket’s new Melbourne Fresh Distribution Centre (MFDC) in Truganina. The state-of-the-art facility, which will store and deliver fresh produce and chilled products to hundreds of Victorian supermarkets, will create 200 jobs during construction and 300 permanent new jobs when it opens in late-2020. The MFDC […]

Walmart U.S. loses leader Foran after the Aussie brings it success

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Walmart U.S.’s CEO, Greg Foran, who has played a key leadership role in reinventing Walmart’s stores in the United States with a strategy in which food and food service were integral, has announced that he will be leaving to take up the CEO role at Air New Zealand. Foran joined Walmart International in 2011 where […]

Woolworths and TerraCycle to bring revolutionary ‘Loop’ platform to Australia to tackle plastic waste

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Woolworths has today become the first retailer to commit to bringing TerraCycle’s global cutting-edge zero-waste reusable packaging solution – Loop™ – to Australia. Beginning in mid-2021, Australian grocery shoppers will be able to receive products from their favourite brands in reusable containers, delivered right to their doors.  It allows customers to sustainably consume a variety […]

Woolworths announces Danone Australia as Supplier of the Year

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Danone has been awarded the top prize at Woolworths’ annual Supplier of the Year Awards. Leading global food and beverage company Danone took out the 2019 Overall Supplier of the Year Award, as well as the Chilled, Bakery & Deli awards in Sydney overnight. Woolworths Supermarkets Managing Director Claire Peters said: “In a competitive market […]




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