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Update on Woolworths Group supply chain
Progress Report, Company Administration - Other
- Dec 9, 2024
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Update on Woolworths Group supply chain industrial action
Progress Report
- Dec 3, 2024
- 2 pages
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- Nov 18, 2024
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Notification regarding unquoted securities - WOW
Appendix 3G (Notification of Issue, Conversion or Payment up of Unquoted Equity Securities)
- Nov 18, 2024
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Today
Woolworths NZ faces criminal charges for allegedly misleading shoppers
The Commerce Commission was not satisfied that “specials really are special”, leading to legal action against the supermarket and its rival Pak’nSave.
- Carrie LaFrenz
Yesterday
Hit to Woolworths sales from strike grows to $140m, expected to rise
The supermarket giant agreed to a pay deal with the union on Saturday, ending industrial action. But it will take weeks to restock stores and warehouses.
- Carrie LaFrenz and David Marin-Guzman
This Month
Woolworths scrambles to restock shelves after strike ends
A deal has been struck between the supermarket giant and union workers, ending pickets of key warehouses that have left shelves bare for weeks.
- Samantha Lock and Adrian Black
Woolworths has partial win in union blockade leaving shelves bare
The retailer’s win at the Fair Work Commission could dent an indefinite strike that has cost it more than $50 million.
- David Marin-Guzman and Carrie LaFrenz
Canva, Cotton On and Atlassian among the top 20 corporate givers
The amount of funds donated by the top 50 corporate philanthropists has jumped to $1.7 billion.
- Sally Patten
- Opinion
- Business People of the Year
Weckert stamps her mark on Coles amid tumultuous year for supermarkets
Leah Weckert, one of the Business People of the Year for 2024, has fared well amid a barrage of criticism from politicians over grocery prices.
- Carrie LaFrenz
The $180m mall Woolies liked so much it bought it
Woolworths’ big buy in Sydney’s west shows the price it’s prepared to pay as it jostles with its rivals for the best position in suburbs across the nation.
- Campbell Kwan and Nick Lenaghan
Amazon is quietly turning into a major rival for Coles and Woolworths
Goldman Sachs estimates it is now the second-largest online retailer in Australia, but sales are still a fraction of the big supermarkets. Will that change?
- Updated
- Carrie LaFrenz
- Updated
- Retail
Woolworths strike bill tops $50m as disruption spreads to Dan Murphy’s
The nation’s largest supermarket operator has applied for an urgent tribunal order to keep unions from blocking access to distribution sites in Victoria and NSW.
- Updated
- Carrie LaFrenz and David Marin-Guzman
ASX tops 8500; ZIP founder sells $100m in shares; Woolies loses $50m
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Supermarket giants use the $5 Oreo to argue their discounts are real
The ACCC has accused Woolworths and Coles of misleading shoppers. The retailers say the regulator doesn’t understand how pricing works.
- Carrie LaFrenz and Tom McIlroy
Woolworths shelves empty across Melbourne as union blocks deliveries
The scenes are reminiscent of the panic shopping and supply chain problems during the COVID-19 years.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
What’s really at stake in Coles and Woolies’ pricing fight with ACCC
Coles and Woolworths know they’ve already lost their fight with the ACCC over allegedly dodgy discounts in the court of public opinion. But there are two reasons they’ll still want a legal victory.
- James Thomson
Pubs billionaire lashes rival’s ‘appalling’ Australia Day stance
Bruce Mathieson says it is “stupid stuff” for rival Australian Venue Co, with 234 venues, to steer clear of Australia Day celebrations.
- Simon Evans
November
- Exclusive
- Retail
Retail veteran calls out Bunnings ‘monopoly’
Former Woolworths chairman John Dahlsen wants large-format retailers including hardware giant Bunnings to be covered by a mandatory code of conduct.
- Tom McIlroy
- Opinion
- Anthony Albanese
Labor struggles down the last stretch
The Albanese government’s numbers don’t add up for voters as the election looms.
- Jennifer Hewett
- Updated
- Supermarket wars
Coles says focusing only on low prices sent customers away
Appearing at a competition inquiry, chief executive Leah Weckert says experience has shown shoppers want more than just cheap products.
- Updated
- Carrie LaFrenz
Shoppers’ anger makes ‘Colesworth’ the word of the year
The language researchers who help compile Oxford University’s Australian dictionaries track the words that have gained prominence over the past 12 months.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Woolworths suppliers put on ‘holiday’ for price pushback, ACCC hears
The competition regulator’s public hearings have been told some producers did not receive any orders from the supermarket if they refused to drop prices.
- Carrie LaFrenz
ACCC takes on Woolworths boss in rare intervention
The supermarket giant appeared at a public hearing on Monday as the regulator investigated the market power of it and its biggest rival, Coles.
- Carrie LaFrenz and Tom McIlroy
