Writing Exchange

Dave JI’m pretty sure this just means the cow had a good agent and an accountant.<a href="https://dice.camp/tags/beef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beef</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/meat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meat</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Colesworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Colesworth</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#greenwashing</a>

tjhowseAbout once a week I get messages of support for <a href="https://howse.social/tags/auscost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auscost</a>, and an increasing number of requests for access to the data I'm scraping from <a href="https://howse.social/tags/colesworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#colesworth</a>. I would like to copy the API implementation from another similar project but I haven't yet found the time.The cost of running <a href="https://howse.social/tags/auscost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auscost</a> is low, but increasing with its popularity. It would be nice if this side project could stay free to use and be self-sustaining.Please consider 💲 if you can: <a href="https://auscost.com.au" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://auscost.com.au</a><a href="https://howse.social/tags/costofliving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#costofliving</a>

Em-squaredToothless or weak regulators often seem a global thing. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CostofLiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CostofLiving</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ColesWorth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ColesWorth</a> <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-21/accc-supermarkets-inquiry-key-takeaways-coles-woolworths-aldi/105079916" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-21/accc-supermarkets-inquiry-key-takeaways-coles-woolworths-aldi/105079916</a>

Nearly Normal (=>÷)This is just plain, simple, common or garden bullying.<a href="https://aus.social/tags/ColesWorth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ColesWorth</a>

Now at @aj@gts.sadauskas.id.auMake no mistake: This is a brazen cash grab by Coles at the expense of its suppliers, customers, and employees.What this means is that there will be even more categories where there's only a Coles brand product available, or at best Coles and one other brand.Market forces won't stop this. If anything, Woolies' investors will see this and say: "Let's do that too!"The only reason Coles is doing this is because the profit margins are higher on private label goods.The more people buy private label vs branded goods, and the bigger share of the market they hold, the more leverage Coles holds over its suppliers.To ensure Coles keeps buying their goods, those suppliers will have to reduce their prices. That will be funded through worse pay and conditions for workers, and lower quality products for customers.These lower prices will not be passed on to Coles' customers. They will be used to increase Coles' profits.In the long term, once competing brands have been pushed out of the market, Coles will absolutely raise the prices of its private label brands.Coles knows it can do this because Anthony Albanese was gutless in dealing with past prices that led to economy-wide inflation.No antitrust laws. No divestiture laws. No threat or risk of nationalisation. No broad-based Royal Commission.<a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Colesworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Colesworth</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a>

Morpheus Being<a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australia</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Colesworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Colesworth</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Aldi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aldi</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Shopping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Shopping</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MWM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MWM</a><a href="https://michaelwest.com.au/grocery-giants-throw-shoppers-a-bone-for-christmas/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://michaelwest.com.au/grocery-giants-throw-shoppers-a-bone-for-christmas/</a>

butterscotchIf you have a spare $5, support the striking Woolworths workers. If not, don’t shop at Coles or Woolies if you can. <a href="https://chuffed.org/project/117264-emergency-bill-and-food-relief-while-workers-strike-for-safety-at-woolworths-warehouses" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://chuffed.org/project/117264-emergency-bill-and-food-relief-while-workers-strike-for-safety-at-woolworths-warehouses</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/woolworths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#woolworths</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/BoycottWoolworths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoycottWoolworths</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/colesworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#colesworth</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#australia</a>

Peter Riley<a href="https://aus.social/@firstdogonthemoon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@firstdogonthemoon</a> “Spoiled for choice” Australia franchise <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ALP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ALP</a> Anthracite Lignite Party OR <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LNP</a> Lignite Nuclear Party ?Then “Atomic Tests” British monarchy legacy era investors Tory or Labor colonisers ?Now “Nuclear subs” Corporate monarchy era owners Democrats or Republican plundering military madmen. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Colesworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Colesworth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/duopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#duopoly</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enshittification</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bleakfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bleakfriday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/endangeredspecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#endangeredspecies</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fossilfuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fossilfuels</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Aukus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aukus</a>

Greg HillsOh Kay thenWoolworths: the coffee we regularly get: was $19/kg, suddenly $31 (the permanent special came off).Coles: the coffee we regularly get: was $19/kg, suddenly $31 (the permanent special came off).And not just our preferred "cheap" brand. All the long-term <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coffee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coffee</a> specials came off in the past few days.I foresee a lot of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tea</a> in our future.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ColesWorth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ColesWorth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Coles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coles</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Woolworths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Woolworths</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australia</a>

Ferdi Magellan<a href="https://aus.social/@Susan60" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Susan60</a> The pointless waste of money and creation of waste: “…customers are being charged less for plastic-wrapped fresh produce 73 per cent of the time.“The audit found potatoes cost customers on average 53 per cent more to buy loose than packaged in plastic.”<a href="https://aus.social/tags/Colesworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Colesworth</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PlasticWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PlasticWaste</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PlasticPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PlasticPollution</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PlasticsTreaty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PlasticsTreaty</a>

Andrew JenningsI have not been inside a Woolworths for 12 months or so. Saved heaps at Aldi, and it is a better customer experience. I don’t understand why ColesWorth is still in business. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/colesworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#colesworth</a>

Heliographnot sure why you think that's acceptable <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/colesworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#colesworth</a> but sure just quitt your local growers' contract and get that instead?? If you must, import them as something *special u name it* brand and sell at lower price (because the product is of lower quality), but for fucks sake keep selling local produce from local producers 😬

tjhowseHuzzah! As of last night <a href="https://howse.social/tags/auscost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auscost</a> now also logs grocery prices from <a href="https://howse.social/tags/coles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coles</a> . I'm doing a staged rollout, so I'm only monitoring about half the product categories. Nothing has caught fire yet!Check it out here: <a href="https://auscost.com.au" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://auscost.com.au</a>I'm looking for a collaborator to help improve the front-end. The Grafana instance works alright but I can't help but imagine there are snazzier ways of presenting the data.As usual: Private masto instance, boosts for visibility = ❤️ <a href="https://howse.social/tags/colesworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#colesworth</a> <a href="https://howse.social/tags/costofliving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#costofliving</a>

tjhowseHappily I've had a bit of time and energy to work on <a href="https://howse.social/tags/auscost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auscost</a><a href="https://auscost.com.au" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://auscost.com.au</a>Today I implemented a table that shows recent changes in grocery prices! It's now slightly cheaper to buy low carb pancake & pikelet mix, if you were wondering.This feature has been on my backlog for a while. Next up is pulling data from Coles too.Since I'm posting on a private masto instance, I entirely depend on boosts for visibility. Boosts =❤️<a href="https://howse.social/tags/costofliving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#costofliving</a> <a href="https://howse.social/tags/colesworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#colesworth</a> <a href="https://howse.social/tags/woolworths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#woolworths</a> <a href="https://howse.social/tags/coles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coles</a>

tjhowseAUSCost is live!<a href="https://auscost.com.au" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://auscost.com.au</a>This project provides data to help save money on grocery shopping, and hold <a href="https://howse.social/tags/colesworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#colesworth</a> to account for steadily increasing prices.There's wet paint on it, but the key stuff is in: Logging prices on a lot of products and the ability to create and share your own plots of prices over time.💲 Financial help with this project is appreciated but not required. <a href="https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/tjhowse" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/tjhowse</a>Boosts for visibility = ❤️ <a href="https://howse.social/tags/costofliving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#costofliving</a> <a href="https://howse.social/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#australia</a> <a href="https://howse.social/tags/brisbane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#brisbane</a> <a href="https://howse.social/tags/auscost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auscost</a>

Busteras it happened :blobcat_amused: :goose_honk: <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/coles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coles</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/woolies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#woolies</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/colesworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#colesworth</a>

Heliographthe <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/colesworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#colesworth</a> saga you couldn't make it up 😬

Jakra<a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@LanguageMan1" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@LanguageMan1</a> <a href="https://aus.social/@ajsadauskas" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ajsadauskas</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@miclgael" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@miclgael</a> <a href="https://aus.social/@burgerdrome" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@burgerdrome</a> I have two choices, Colesworth, or Worthcoles. The next option is close to an hours drive away! <a href="https://aus.social/tags/duopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#duopoly</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/colesworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#colesworth</a>

TribesmanJohn 🇦🇺🌏👨🏼‍💻📷“Mr Phillips said the supermarket giants need to make money on their sales in order to keep growing – which is important for their long-term survival.”Why? Why do mega-companies need infinite growth? Why is society obsessed with infinite growth for business? Life shouldn't be a game of monopoly.Free market is great and all, but I am strongly of the opinion that certain markets in Australia require regulation in the interests of consumers as a result of the oligopolies.<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-28/coles-accused-of-price-gouging-shoppers/103519106" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-28/coles-accused-of-price-gouging-shoppers/103519106</a><a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/colesworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#colesworth</a>

Heliographin a supermarket, at the checkout, why would they hand people things first from the very end of the band, and only then pass you the heavy stuff you had actually put right in front of them?? *here's your strawberries and tomatoes, and now I give you your tins of beans* teach your folks <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/colesworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#colesworth</a> ┐⁠(⁠￣⁠ヘ⁠￣⁠)⁠┌

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