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Egg shortage hits Australia as supermarket shelves go empty

Cold weather and Covid disruptions have contributed to supply chain issues, causing some supermarkets to implement two-carton limits

The Guardian - AU

Northern Territory police arrest teenager after daylight 'riot' in Darwin CBD supermarket

At least one person has been arrested after a 'riot' at a Darwin supermarket, with authorities connecting the incident to recent violence in a remote community.

ABC News

Best Friends Have Taken Passport Photos Together Every Five Years For 50 Years

Meet the best friends who have taken passport photos together every five years for 50 years.

Zenger

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Best mates have taken passport booth photos together for the past 50 years

They have one every five years

Wales Online

Best mates have taken passport photos together every five years for 50 years

Keith Laughton and Martin Dowle took their first picture together as 10-year-olds in 1972 during a trip to Woolies before repeating the trip every five years.

Daily Record

Best friends have taken passport photos together every five years for 50 years

Keith Laughton and Martin Dowle took their first photo together as ten-year-olds during a trip to town and repeat the trip every five years by getting another picture taken

Daily Mirror

‘A weird dinging sound that everyone dreads’: What rapid deliveries mean for workers

'You’re not a person when you walk in the door, you’re a machine': Inside the supermarkets that offer on-demand home delivery.

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'A weird dinging sound that everyone dreads': what rapid deliveries mean for supermarket workers

Online grocery shopping has boomed since the pandemic began in 2020, with Woolworths and Coles steadily expanding their home-delivery offerings. Rapid delivery is the latest frontier.

The Conversation

Shopping for change: Busting the supermarket duopoly

How did New Zealand end up with just two big supermarket players - and can the government's changes really shake things up?

Newsroom.co.nz

11 things you could do in 1980s Wirral that you can't do now

Wirral has changed a lot over the decades with these places and activities now being distant memories

Liverpool Echo

The Loop: Calls for COVID leave payment to return, Crazy Rich Asians star explains why she vanished, and why milk prices are rising

Here's your TL;DR for today's news.

ABC News

Coles and Woolworths increase price of milk and happy farmers say they brought it upon themselves

After years of stress and financial hardship dairy farmers are commanding record prices for their produce, which they say is due in part to aggressively low pricing from the supermarket giants.

ABC News

Cost-of-living crunch: Supermarket shoppers to pay more for milk, dairy farmers still struggling

Woolworths is the latest supermarket to hike milk prices as the rising cost of living hits Australian dairy producers and processors.

The New Daily

Fruit and vegetable prices soar at Coles and Woolworths: Study

Eating a healthy diet in Australia is increasingly becoming an expensive luxury, according to new research that tracked fruit and vegetable prices.

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‘Step change’: Huge lift in online shopping as pets and gardens boost sales

Australia Post has now delivered more than 900 million parcels during the pandemic after shoppers flocked to online shopping during lockdowns.

The New Daily

‘Enormous power’: Shoppers force companies to step up green efforts

Australians are growing more concerned about the environment, and want businesses to step-up their environmentally-friendly efforts.

Newsroom.co.nz

The affluent community defying grocery competition woes

The Commerce Minister chooses the wrong scapegoat to demonstrate supermarkets' anti-competitive behaviour: Ponsonby locals are spoiled for choice when they go grocery shopping.

Daily Mirror

Brutal chicken ready meal review left in handwritten note on supermarket shelf

The scathing review of a butter chicken microwave meal claimed it tasted like 'old rope' with 'rubber' - it was spotted by a fellow shopper in Sydney

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Liverpool Echo

X Factor Same Difference says Woolworths collapse played part in band's failure

The duo reached the final of X Factor in 2007

Leeds Live

Leeds residents slam plans for more student accommodation and say 'we don't want it'

People were not impressed

The New Daily

‘Speed is the new currency’: Woolworths launches super-fast delivery service

Woolworths is stepping up its delivery game with a new app in partnership with Uber that promises to deliver groceries within an hour.

The Guardian - AU

Get smashing: avocado growers want consumers to buy more amid fruit glut

Fruit oversupply plus rising cost of fertiliser, fuel and freight means producers are going backwards, Avocados Australia boss says

AAP

Fruit and veg shortages 'over by Sept'

Farmers say consumers should see an end to the fruit and vegetable shortage by early September.

The Guardian - AU

Covid rapid antigen test supplier fined more than $100,000 by TGA for ‘non-compliance’

Hough Pharma, which supplies home tests to Coles and Woolworths, allegedly failed to provide reports or appropriate customer support

The New Daily

Shoppers hit again: Warnings of more price rises, lengthy supply delays

Supermarket shoppers face weeks of empty shelves, as both major chains warn shortages of fresh fruit and vegetables are unlikely to ease for several weeks.

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