Inside Retail

JANUARY 24, 2024

The pricing practices of Australia’s supermarket near-duopoly are about to the the focus of a year-long enquiry by the government’s competition regulator, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). The regulator’s investigation resulted in identifying more than 700 potentially restrictive leases.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 3, 2024

very intentionally draws its design and merchandising inspiration from supermarkets rather than pharmacies. Joyleaf, which opened in late 2023, is organized and merchandised by type of product rather than by brand: all the edibles, for example, are grouped together as a category, as they would be in a supermarket.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 15, 2024

Over the decades, Australia’s major supermarkets have emerged from various parliamentary and regulatory agency inquiries, not to mention political, media, union and consumer group pressures, relatively unscathed. This time supermarkets are caught in a political quagmire and the repercussions of an economic and social reset.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Sydney-based social enterprise Good & Fugly has released its inaugural The Farm To Supermarket Food Waste Report 2023 , which explores farmer and supermarket relationships. Almost a quarter of smaller farmers (23 per cent) report that supermarkets expect them to hand over imperfect produce for free.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Recently, the supermarket beauty aisle has undergone a makeover of sorts, with Australia’s leading supermarkets Coles and Woolworths now stocking digitally native self-care products. Not everyone can afford high-end prices but we all deserve to carry a little bit of luxury in our handbag.”

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 15, 2021

New on-demand food and grocery service Geezy Go has launched a digital supermarket serving Sydney, aiming to compete with Woolworths and Coles. . The online supermarket offers an under 20-minute delivery service, promising products priced similar to or lower than its rivals.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 26, 2021

Discount supermarket chain Aldi has topped the Canstar Blue Most Satisfied Customers Award, putting nine wins in its basket over the last 11 years. The survey also revealed that 91 per cent of customers go to the same supermarket for convenience and because it is “closer to home”, which was likely heightened by pandemic lockdowns.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Australian supermarkets will reap bigger profits in fiscal 2023 half-year due to decades-high inflation and increased savings, but analysts warned of a rough second-half as households reel from mounting expenses due to higher cost of living. million Jefferies $881 million $584 million Average $871.75 million $562.3

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The two largest supermarkets in the country – Coles and Woolworths – have been found to have a “huge gap” when it comes to labelling foods for sale online. The post ‘Huge gap’ in major supermarkets’ food labelling online appeared first on Inside Retail Australia. stars or higher, compared to just 0.4

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Inside Retail

JUNE 29, 2021

Videos and images of bare toilet paper shelves have once again surfaced online as consumers fall into old habits, forcing supermarkets to bring back purchase limits on high demand items. Varying approach from supermarkets . In the last week alone, 17 Woolworths supermarkets have been listed as Covid-19 exposure sites.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 19, 2024

UK supermarkets have been accused of using “inconsistent” and “misleading” labelling on products, making it difficult for customers to know where their groceries come from. researchers carrying out supermarket visits found that this was sometimes missing from goods in store where required.

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Inside Retail

JULY 28, 2021

Digital shelf, dark store and a fresh food playground – is this the future of supermarkets? The consulting company has developed a new supermarket concept, in partnership with design agency Le Projet Hope, that blends online with offline and old shopping habits with new processes. . Accenture thinks so. Image: Supplied.

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Inside Retail

JULY 6, 2023

Gander, describing itself as an Australian first, connects shoppers with reduced-price foods nearing their expiration dates, offering discounts and reducing food waste in supermarkets and grocery stores. The post New app helps grocers, consumers reduce food waste appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Dezeen

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Swedish studio Westblom Krasse Arkitektkontor and design agency Snask have revamped a supermarket in Täby, adding pastel hues and materials such as terrazzo and wood to "turn shopping into an experience". The post ICA Stop supermarket designed as a "culinary dream come true" appeared first on Dezeen.

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Lidl has overtaken Aldi as the UK’s cheapest supermarket, ending the discounter’s 16-month run. Consumer group Which? conducted its monthly cheapest supermarket price comparison, comparing the cost of a basket of groceries and household essentials. on average, beating its closest competitor Morrisons by £10.98.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

To Maganja, this raised questions around whether the information being put forward was being done so to inform the consumer, or to market certain products as healthy, while not informing customers of the items that aren’t. The post “Isn’t helpful”: Supermarket duopoly’s online labelling under fire appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 22, 2023

The retailer has begun rebranding Countdown Supermarkets to Woolworths New Zealand and has started transitioning its Onecard loyalty program to Everyday Rewards. We also expect the consumer environment to remain challenging with customers continuing to cut back on non-essential items.” In New Zealand, sales grew marginally by 4.6

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Inside Retail

MAY 8, 2024

This week, the Senate Committee on Supermarket Prices made 14 recommendations for the Government to consider amending the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to end the alleged price gouging of the major supermarkets. This will allow consumers to align and ‘buycott’ from a supermarket that promotes their values.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Supermarkets are some of the biggest retail businesses in the world, so it’s no surprise they are at the forefront of industry trends and innovation. Brad Banducci, CEO of Australian supermarket giant Woolworths for the past seven years, is a big proponent of using technology to improve operations.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 23, 2024

Ocado has maintained its title as the fastest growing supermarket for the second month as total online share reached 12% for the first time since July 2022. of supermarket sales – the highest level outside of Christmas since June 2021. According to the latest data from Kantar, sales for the online grocer surged 12.5%

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Aldi has reclaimed its crown as the UK’s cheapest supermarket for November, overtaking Lidl. monthly cheapest supermarket price comparison. The consumer group also found Aldi was £12.77 The consumer group also found Aldi was £12.77 named Aldi the cheapest supermarket to buy a Christmas dinner this year.

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Retail Wire

AUGUST 31, 2023

France’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire is urging the country’s supermarkets and suppliers to accelerate price cuts as consumers struggle with rising food costs and inflation. Although a pledge was made by 75 top food companies to cut prices in July, only about 40 have followed through.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 27, 2021

Two new stores opened last week, offering a supersized format of Alibaba’s Freshippo supermarkets to paying members. The rise in members-only supermarkets . Members-only supermarkets have become popular in Asia in recent years. Australia is a unique market given the power of the existing players in the supermarket space.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Baracchi said the business is targeting Australian consumers who want to recycle, but view the process as too hard. This issue has been taken on in the short-term by the Soft Plastics Taskforce: a conglomerate of supermarkets, namely Coles, Woolworths and Aldi, authorised by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 8, 2024

Consumers empowered by social media are now dictating to brands which trends they need to meet. Pinterest recently forecasted the biggest consumer-led trends for 2024 with its Pinterest Predicts report using its search engine database which has over 400 million monthly users.

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Retail Focus

JULY 28, 2021

If it doesn’t benefit the consumer, they won’t do it. Their apps open, supermarket executives also enquire: “But who’ll own the data …?”. Second, think about how retail and supermarket buildings could be affected: Just Walk Out will also mean “just walk in, anywhere.” Many detractors deride the cost.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 4, 2024

Today’s consumers are craving a truly unique shopping experience. We are only at the beginning, and as brands begin to scale their AI utilisation, its full spectrum of benefits for consumers and retailers alike will be uncovered. The post Generative AI is supercharging retail, what does this mean for consumers?

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Inside Retail

MARCH 27, 2024

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is urging more consumers to participate in its survey on household spending as the consumer watchdog investigates the pricing practices of supermarkets.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 11, 2024

Aldi bagged the Supermarket of the Year 2023 title from the Roy Morgan’s Customer Satisfaction Awards – for the seventh time and the fourth consecutive year. The supermarket chain boasted an average 95.7 billion in savings to local consumers in 2023. per cent customer satisfaction score. Aldi claims to have delivered $3.4

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 5, 2024

Ocado has been crowned as the UK’s fastest growing supermarket as sales jumped 12.2% The news comes as NIQ found total till sales at UK supermarkets slowed to 5.3% over the last 12 weeks. The latest data from NIQ shows M&S retained its spot in second place, with sales increasing 11.9%. Lidl slipped to third place reporting a 10.4%

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

We are seeing an increase in digitalisation adoption with young and hyper-connected consumers that are used to consuming other services online. Bricks-and-mortar, and ‘mom-and-pop’, shops are still largely dominating the market as consumers are used to hand picking their groceries on their own,” Segarra said. “As

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 2, 2021

In July, German supermarket brand Aldi opened its first Corner Store concept store in North Sydney to little fanfare. But the opening comes at an interesting time for the convenience supermarket, space with Covid taking a bite out of sales for Woolworths and Coles smaller format stores. The big guys should be watching carefully.

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Inside Retail

JULY 28, 2021

Digital shelf, dark store and a fresh food playground – is this the future of supermarkets? The consulting company has developed a new supermarket concept, in partnership with design agency Le Projet Hope, that blends online with offline and old shopping habits with new processes. . Accenture thinks so. Image: Supplied.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The winter World Cup has added a new level of uncertainty to the Christmas trading outlook of Britain’s supermarkets: How do you persuade cash-strapped shoppers to buy yule logs and luxury biscuits at the same time as beer and pizza? But with household budgets squeezed, supermarket chains are bracing for less of a sales bonanza.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 2, 2023

Asda has become the first supermarket to publish its fuel prices online following criticism from MPs over “sky high” prices. The supermarket will display the prices of petrol and diesel at each filling station on its store locator pages. The information will be updated at 10:30am each morning with the previous day’s closing price.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 9, 2024

Aldi has been crowned the cheapest supermarket for your weekly shop by consumer champions at Which? It is the third straight year Aldi has been crowned and it also won the monthly award a record 11 times in 2023, also topping Which’s list as the cheapest supermarket for December.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 2, 2021

In July, German supermarket brand Aldi opened its first Corner Store concept store in North Sydney to little fanfare. But the opening comes at an interesting time for the convenience supermarket, space with Covid taking a bite out of sales for Woolworths and Coles smaller format stores. The big guys should be watching carefully.

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