Two of our supermarkets have been naughty
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340118)
Rockingham, Australia
September 23, 2024 7:36pm CST
The photo has nothing to do with the post. It's a red-tailed black cockatoo.
Coles and Woolworths are two of our major supermarkets. Both have just been charged by the ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) for misleading their customers over discounted prices. In a particular instance, Oreo biscuits were being sold for $3.50 a packet. The price jumped to $5.00 for 22 days. The biscuits were then ‘discounted’ to $4.50 and have stayed at that. There are dozens of instances of similar price rises and discounts and now they’re being taken to court.
I very rarely shop at Coles as they are very hard on our farmers, buying produce at prices that barely give the growers any profit at all. Woolworths isn’t close by and doesn’t get our custom either. We shop at IGA which is owned by Metcash, an Australian company. It will be interesting to see the outcome of the court case. If found guilty, the companies could be fined millions of dollars.
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@JudyEv (340118)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Sep
@snowy22315 I don't think it will be allowed here either.
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@kaylachan (69776)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Sep
As they should. We don't take that kind of pratice here, either.
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@kaylachan (69776)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Sep
@JudyEv Took them a while to get caught. Or, your judcial system is as slow as ours.
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@rakski (123188)
• Philippines
24 Sep
There's this big department store here that usually have 3-day sale. They tag some of their item sales with yellow tags to easily identify which ones are sale and the other with regular prices. Excitingly I bought some things I liked since it sale only to find out that they have the original price was the same as the yellow sale tag. 
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@JudyEv (340118)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Oct
The big corporations are just so greedy. And now something similar is happening with modern music - one firm owns almost all the venues and ticketing offices, etc. They are making a squillon but the poor musicians are making very little.
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@allknowing (136481)
• India
25 Sep
One needs to be vigilant about the way stores take customers for a ride.
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@allknowing (136481)
• India
25 Sep
@JudyEv Then there is yet another way they cheat. They reduce the size of say soap but charge more by saying they have improved the qualaity
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@JudyEv (340118)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Sep
@allknowing That's true. And boxes stay the same size but there are fewer contents.
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@LindaOHio (178806)
• United States
24 Sep
I always said that the merchants were taking advantage of the situation; but I was harshly told that I didn't know what I was talking about. I guess I was right in this situation. Have a good day.
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@JudyEv (340118)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Sep
@LindaOHio Thanks for asking. He improving slowly but is a bit impatient because he runs out of breath easily.
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@LindaOHio (178806)
• United States
25 Sep
@JudyEv Thank you very much, Judy. How is Vince doing? I hope he keeps improving.
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@porwest (90912)
• United States
24 Sep
I am glad that it was caught. As the world is what it is these days, it's always consumer beware in almost everything. The key here is that other retailers take heed to the consequences and avoid bilking customers, which is bad for business anyway. If customers don't trust you, they won't patronize you.
Not only should the GOVERNMENT send swift penalties, but customers ought to send clear messages as well by not shopping their stores for a little while.
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@BarBaraPrz (47314)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
24 Sep
We don't have Woolworths anymore here, but when we did, I don't remember them as a grocery store, just a junior department store.
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@JudyEv (340118)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Sep
They're mostly supermarkets here and one of the very big ones.
@wolfgirl569 (106323)
• Marion, Ohio
24 Sep
That is an old game. Glad they have been charged
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@RasmaSandra (79886)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Sep
Glad the supermarkets got caught at doing that,
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@JudyEv (340118)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Sep
You can't trust anyone these days. I find it really annoying.
@Marilynda1225 (82798)
• United States
25 Sep
Inflating those prices to then offer a discount really irkes me. I know we're paying a lot more for groceries here and I wouldn't be surprised if some of the price increases and/or discounts are similar to what's happening in your supermarkets.
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@JudyEv (340118)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Sep
They manage to blame all sorts of conditions on price rises. I find it irking too but I don't really know what an individual can do about it.
@sathviksouvik (19484)
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25 Sep
excellent share the justice has been done to the customers
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@JudyEv (340118)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Sep
I hope this teaches the companies a lesson. Some are very greedy.
