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Shopping at Harris Farm with Donna Hay

We went shopping with Donna Hay and picked up some surprising tips along the way

The cookbook queen filled up her baskets with her favourite ingredients and shared some golden cooking and hosting advice we can all benefit from.

  • Ardyn Bernoth

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A Google Maps view of the proposed Weinam Creek multi-storey carpark and shopping centre site at Redland Bay.

LNP donors scored meeting about plans for rival supermarket

Internal emails shed new light on the lead-up to a council’s decision to derail a development that would have competed with the Russell Island IGA.

  • Matt Dennien
An artist’s impression of Coles and Woolworths stores of different kinds opening around Sydney.

Gentrified groceries: The new food line splitting your city

One in four Woolworths in Sydney are now Metro stores, while Coles is playing catch-up by growing its Local chain. Is the gentrification of supermarkets leaving shoppers worse off?

  • Jessica Yun and Elias Visontay
In September 2023, furious locals banded together to air their concerns directly to Woolworths about the conversion of their local supermarket to a Metro branded store.
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Coverage of Alexandria locals campaigning against the Metro conversion

In September 2023, furious locals banded together to air their concerns directly to Woolworths about the conversion of their local supermarket to a Metro branded store.

Nutritionist and Good Food contributor Sarah Pound shares her supermarket must-buys.

Eight supermarket items nutritionist Sarah Pound always has in her shopping basket

The best-selling author and mum of three takes us on a spin around her favourite IGA and shares her favourite everyday ingredients (and how to use them) along the way.

  • Ardyn Bernoth
Coles made a number of concessions to the ACCC about its discounting decisions.

My supermarket made me ‘shopper of the week’. I don’t believe a word it says any more

Who can take Colesworth seriously any more? With the cramped self-checkout areas, items that aren’t “half price” at all and meat trays marked “while stocks last”, it is like an old toxic boyfriend.

  • Michelle Cazzulino
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ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb (centre), has not ruled out further legal action against Coles, headed by Leah Weckert, and Woolies which is run by Amanda Bardwell.

Our supermarket duopoly needs to tell not just the truth but the whole truth

The ACCC/Coles Federal Court case has exposed pricing practices that push ethical boundaries. But wait until you see what they’re planning next.

  • Allan Fels
Coles chief executive Leah Weckert.

Prices down down, sales up up: Coles boss defends discounts as ACCC case concludes

The supermarket giant expects shoppers to keep finding discounts and specials as it winds up a fortnight-long legal battle with the competition watchdog.

  • Jessica Yun
Woolworths has tweaked its chatbot after users reported bizarre interactions about its mother.
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Woolworths forced to rein in chatbot that claimed to have angry mother

Woolworths has been forced to tweak its AI-powered virtual assistant after users reported bizarre interactions with the chatbot.

  • Jessica Yun
Down Down – was it a real special? That’s for the court to decide.

‘Doesn’t the commission’s case have to fail?’ ACCC faces critical questions in Coles case

The consumer watchdog’s lead barrister was grilled by the Federal Court justice as he outlined the watchdog’s closing submissions.

  • Elias Visontay