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The new Tiktok challenge waging war on the major supermarkets’ pricing

Inside Retail

Independent Queensland grocer Skippys Fresh Frootz has garnered attention on social media for its videos highlighting its low prices at a time when Australia’s major supermarkets are facing scrutiny for their lack of transparency in their price-setting practices. Bunnings is now back in first place.

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ACCC to conduct enquiry on Australian supermarkets’ pricing and competition

Inside Retail

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 ACCC will examine competition in the supermarket sector and how it has evolved since the previous inquiry in 2008.

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Scenes from a Supermarket

Retail TouchPoints

As a proud classic movie buff, I thought I’d do a little reflecting on shopping scenes from memorable films made about 40 years apart. Stanwyck and MacMurray, concerned about being seen together as they plot their crimes, meet at a supermarket in a series of increasingly tense scenes.

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Record retail theft puts pressure on Australian supermarkets

Inside Retail

Queensland, Australia’s third-largest state, had the highest monthly rate of shop stealing on record this January, according to publicly available police data. That may impact profit at Woolworths and Coles, which together ring up two-thirds of Australian grocery sales and noted rising store theft in trading updates last month.

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New Cannabis Dispensary Modeled on Customer-Friendly Supermarkets

Retail TouchPoints

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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Canadian Asian-Themed Supermarket Chain to Open First U.S. Location

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T&T Supermarkets , a Canadian grocery chain specializing in Asian products, will open its first U.S. Located in the Marketplace at Factoria, the 76,000-square-foot supermarket will be the largest Asian supermarket in the state and a flagship store for T&T, which is owned by Loblaw Companies Ltd. in summer 2024.

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Albertsons to Launch Smart Shopping Carts at Select Stores

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Albertsons Companies will launch cart-based smart checkout technology later this year at select supermarkets throughout the country, in partnership with Veeve Smart Carts. In October 2021, online grocery platform Instacart moved deeper into supermarket technology with the acquisition of Caper. in a statement. in a statement.

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