By Charlotte Karp and Brett Lackey For Daily Mail Australia Published: 07:50 BST, 19 July 2024 | Updated: 17:17 BST, 19 July 2024 Advertisement The huge global Microsoft outage that has thrown Australian businesses and airports into chaos could take days to be resolved and the financial cost astronomical. Checkouts at Woolworths and Coles supermarkets crashed on...
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‘We got breadcrumbs’: One of Australia’s biggest unions accused of pushing a bad deal for Woolworths workers
In short: Woolworths workers have voted in favour of a wage increase of 3.75 per cent — the same as the Fair Work Commission’s annual award wage increase. Smaller unions say the deal, brokered by the SDA, is a ‘dud’ deal for Woolworths employees. What’s next? The new agreement requires final sign-off from the Fair...
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Aldi stores 25pc cheaper than Coles, Woolworths, Choice report finds
In short: Consumer advocacy group Choice says there is a difference of just 75 cents for the same basic grocery items at Coles and Woolworths. Choice found that German supermarket chain Aldi was substantially cheaper, with items around $15 less at the check-out. What’s next? Australia’s highly concentrated supermarket sector is the subject of a...
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Rachel ‘hit the jackpot’ when she found meat for 74 cents. She posted the bargain online to help others deal with rising costs
Single mum of seven Rachel Gibson said “it felt like winning the lotto” when she saved more than $150 on a week’s worth of groceries. The 42-year-old stay-at-home mum thought she was “seeing things” when several packets of meat were marked down to as low as 74 cents, still days from expiry. The avid bargain...