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Latest news and comment on Coles, supermarkets and Australian business
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New milk brand will raise money to help fund struggling dairy farmersForty cents from every two-litre bottle of Farmers’ Fund milk, co-produced by Coles, will go to grants for people hit by falling prices
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Dairy industry goes under spotlight as Barnaby Joyce signals end to $1 milkAustralian Competition and Consumer Commission investigation announced after agriculture minister’s crisis meeting
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Woolworths label shuffle won't outpace Aldi's growth, says analystWoolworths phases out its select and Homebrand branding, but academic predicts this won’t address the real advantage Aldi has
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Coles workplace agreement rejected by Fair Work CommissionBrisbane student successfully challenges agreement between Coles and union saying he could lose up to $2,504 a year
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Nationals' Fiona Nash blasts Coles for suggesting competition laws will increase pricesColes’ managing director, John Durkan, warns the effects test, which cracks down on the use of market power, will push up prices in rural supermarkets
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More salmonella cases expected in Victoria from pre-packed lettuceThe number of those affected has already doubled since the national recall was announced, and health authorities say the outbreak is serious
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Coles pulls Harper's Bazaar from sale over 'inappropriate' naked Miranda Kerr coverA Harper’s Bazaar cover featuring model Miranda Kerr wearing only shoes triggered complaints from Coles’ customers who shop with their children
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Australian supermarkets admit stocking prawns processed using slave labourWoolworths, Coles and Aldi have all said they use a Thai supplier accused of using forced labour and are launching investigations into supply chain
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Eight Australian businesses sign up to tackle forced labour and exploitationWoolworths, Coles, Big W, Masters, Simplot, Goodman Fielder, Inghams and Officeworks join the pledge to move towards better work practices
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Reports of a Tim Tam war may have been overstated, but there are casualtiesFears of biscuit shortage allayed after a 10-day pricing standoff between Arnott’s and Coles, but a number of Tim Tam varieties have been taken off shelves
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Coles limits baby formula to two tins a customer because of shortageSupermarket giant says ‘unprecedented demand’ led to tighter limit as shortage blamed on Chinese consumers who are paying $150-$190 a tin
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Baby formula makers ramp up production as Australian shops run lowManufacturers confirm shortage in Australian supermarkets because Chinese buyers create unprecedented demand after product recalls in China
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Australian shares battered after Woolworths profit warning and ANZ target missThe ASX/S&P200 benchmark was sharply lower after Woolworths forecast more pain in the supermarket war and ANZ missed expectations despite $7bn profits
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Woolworths to replace frequent flyer loyalty scheme with food bill discountsThe supermarket chain is responding to surveys showing customers want loyalty schemes that give them money off their food and liquor shopping bills
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Half-baked? Why Australia is getting a raw deal on potatoesMarc Llewellyn sets out to discover why there are more varieties of spuds in European supermarkets than in Australia
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Small business flags anti-Coalition campaign in key marginal seatsFollowing competition-law ‘deferral’, small-business groups are urging MPs not to ‘succumb to the interests of a handful of large businesses’
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Woolworths chairman Ralph Waters steps down despite $2.15bn profitThe supermarket giant’s full-year profit to 30 June was down 12.5% from the previous financial year
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The Weekly Beast: did Kerry Packer hack Paul Keating?Packer clan try to defuse revelatory bombshell, Coles shelves ‘sexist’ Zoo magazine, and the silent treatment over Mark Latham’s AFR exit
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My campaign against Zoo Magazine: the well-being of girls should come before profits - video
'Pick the loosest one of the lot ... and separate her from the flock' is the sort of advice that has made Zoo magazine a target for activists
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Cracking down on migrant workers isn't how to hold supermarkets to accountUnless exploitation of labour in food supply chains is treated as a global issue for multinationals, the exploitation revealed by Four Corners won’t be stopped
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Coles ordered to pay $2.5m for its false 'fresh-baked bread' advertisingFederal court adds monetary penalty to three-year ban on advertising its bread as freshly baked
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Coles to pay $10m fine after it admits to breaking consumer law
Supermarket giant apologises for unconscionable conduct after the ACCC took it to court over its treatment of suppliers
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Alice Waters: supermarkets steal our language, but not our links with foodThe woman who launched the US farmers market movement is in Australia to stir things up ahead of the G20, with supermarket monopolies, fancy chefs and school meals in her sights
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Coles held annual 'profit day' to unfairly pressure small suppliers, says ACCCAustralian Competition and Consumer Commission taking supermarket to court for unconscionable conduct in dealings with small operators
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Coles banned for three years from advertising 'freshly baked' breadFederal court also orders the supermarket chain, which faces $3m fine, to display notice in stores
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Coles to axe more than 400 jobs in Melbourne for 'efficiency'Supermarket giant denies jobs will go offshore and says 160 people could be redeployed across the business
Police join supermarket crackdown on self-service checkout theft