Being a company committed to ‘family-friendly values’ and corporate social responsibility does not sit well with profits from drinking and gambling.
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Losing revenue from hotels and liquor retail outlets will hurt Woolworths Group, but not too much. The long-term reputational benefits are considerable.
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Ever wondered where the 5p you pay for plastic bags in the UK goes?
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Waitrose’s trial of packaging-free products in one of its stores is welcome news, but its just the start of what supermarkets should be doing to address the climate and ecological crises.
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Food waste could be worse than plastic when it comes to harming the environment.
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Online distractions come at a considerable cost when you’re out for groceries.
Staying separate.
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Supermarkets have been hit by multiple disruptions in the past couple of decades and they are struggling to survive.
The two supermarkets will not become one.
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Sainsbury’s faces tough times ahead following the blocking of its merger with Asda.
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Supermarkets and farms have acted to ensure they discard fewer “ugly” and “wonky” fruit and vegetables. However, the bulk of the problem lies with households.
Woolworths is pushing up the price of milk. It’s normally no way to help farmers.
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Dairy farmers’ incomes are dependent on so much more than the retail price of fresh milk.
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In the UK the equivalent of four million Christmas dinners are wasted every year.
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From LGBTQI rights to racial justice, companies are embracing the social issues that matter to their consumers. And, of course, that makes sense.
Calls to boycott supermarket-branded milk only put greater pressure on the dairy farmers who supply it.
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Calls to boycott supermarket-branded milk are misguided; and a royal commission into treatment of dairy farmers would be money wasted.
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There is something deeply irrational about the food waste movement.
Know your onions.
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It seems like a simple case of too much sun or snow wrecking crops. But is it?
Offering free lightweight plastic bags causes excessive plastic use, while banning lightweight bags can increase the use of heavier plastic bags (such as bin liners). Coles’ decision brings out the worst of both worlds.
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Providing thicker plastic bags for free is worse than pointless. It encourages the same wasteful habits, but with more damaging material.
Is forgetting your bags really such an inconvenience?
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Meet the ‘Yeah-buts’ - those who know plastic is bad for the environment, but can’t get behind the bag ban because it affects their own convenience. This mindset can stall the best-laid green plans.
Britain’s first social supermarket: Community Shop in Goldthorpe, Yorkshire.
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Social supermarkets help those struggling from food poverty – but they mask our broken food system.
There was an implicit financial exchange between parties.
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The strong reaction to plastic bag bans is because consumers feel supermarkets violated an unspoken agreement.
Woolworths has already announced it will open more smaller stores.
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Several large retailers and supermarkets have announced they are going to downsize to smaller stores.
A green light for dishonest behaviour?
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What kind of ‘swiper’ are you? A typology of people who steal from supermarkets at self-service checkouts.