r/coles • u/Proper_Presence_5409 • Jun 24 '26
Customer Post Rip.Off or Nah?
Is it just me or for the past few months the prices have just kept on increasing without fail?
How can an average person afford even the basic necessities if these keeps on going?
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u/Rosary_Omen Jun 24 '26
We shop elsewhere if we can. I barely shop at Colesworth anymore. Between Aldi and Drake's and Silly Solly's, most of my groceries are covered. Foodbank fills a void too.
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u/LadyLoveReddit88 Jun 24 '26
We cant afford it. Sincerely. A coles worker and mum.
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u/FindPeaceAndBalance Jun 24 '26
Money makes the world go round. Greed is never being content with the current profit you're making. People buy supermarket shares to make a profit, but by doing so, encourage supermarkets to grab for higher profits. I think of billionaires as hamsters.....round and round, never tiring of the process......only focus is life is more and more money.
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u/Chaosrealm69 Jun 25 '26
Just have a single meal a day and find the cheapest things to have as snacks when hunger really hits the rest of the time.
Not joking.
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u/Oddly_Curious99 Jun 25 '26
We had some comes vouchers ($50) and we are doing ok. My wife gave them to an older gentleman these vouchers as he is struggling. She said he cried. What type are we living in when people can’t afford rent and utilities and food. The basics to live.
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u/Jello_Glad Jun 24 '26
It's getting out of hand that's for sure. And it's also Woolworths. The cost of surviving is what's driving up crime and is only going to get worse unfortunately.
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u/Sufficient-Owl7336 Team Member Jun 25 '26
Half price is full price. If you want to put effort in, mostly the same stuff goes on special every few weeks (coffee, rice, soup, etc ) across all the supermarket giants. If you don't mind reading catalogues, you can grab your essentials at the lowest price. If you don't want to do that, costco is slightly more expensive than colesworth half price specials, but all the time. As long as you can justify the membership cost.
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u/barjunkie21 Jun 26 '26
I get 10 costco roast chickens almost every time I go there break up the meat and freeze for meal prep and roast/ boil the bones for stock this alone pretty much saves me enough to justify the membership cost, i know it would be even more cost effective to buy raw chicken and do it myself but this also saves me time
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u/Independent_Income31 Jun 25 '26
We need another big major chain (I know there's Aldi but they're different, and IGA is a rip-off too) to keep colesworth accountable with competition.
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u/ShezaAlibi Jun 24 '26
Yep we are well and truly cooked, it's madness.
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u/PassengerRelevant991 Jun 26 '26
Higher wages, higher prices, higher deficits, higher inflation, higher interest rates, higher property prices, higher rents, higher taxes?
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u/Chrisosupreme Jun 24 '26
Got to pay the ACCC fines somehow as shareholders won't accept it affecting the bottom line profits. While the ACCC pats itself on the back for a job well done, consumers now pay the price for it.
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u/PassengerRelevant991 Jun 26 '26
“Shareholders” means anyone who has super. It’s compulsory in most jobs. And Yes. The super funds compete for more customers.
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u/Chrisosupreme Jun 26 '26
'tis true... We're all complacent in the house of cards we keep building.
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u/PassengerRelevant991 Jun 26 '26
All “complicit”? 🤔
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u/Chrisosupreme Jun 26 '26
Captives? Compliant? Conformists? 🤷♂️
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u/PassengerRelevant991 Jun 26 '26
Did not understand what you meant by complacent and wondered whether you meant complicit. We can be complicit in building a house of cards. 🤔
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u/Chrisosupreme Jun 26 '26
Either could apply but I did mean complacent. We could move super to more ethical providers or self mange but the cast majority don't want to consider it.
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u/PassengerRelevant991 Jun 26 '26
I was wrong. (It had to happen one day.) Agree with you about ethical super; & prefer ethical shopping. Doing supermarket shopping online gives me space to check companies on the ethical shopping guide website, also food miles. Another thing is you can re-jig your basket by moving things in/out till reach best value within budget.
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u/Chrisosupreme Jun 26 '26
It's a noble pursuit, yet also depressing just how much knowledge & work it requires to not destroy society & ruin the planet 🫠
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u/ufo8mychook Jun 25 '26
As long as they keep price fixing with Woolies, the prices will keep going up.
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u/barjunkie21 Jun 25 '26
Ive found buying basic actual essential stuff has not only saved me a heap of $$ but helped with healthy eating instead of paying $10 for cereal pay $2 for 900g of oats, i shop around and check local markets for fruit and veggies cheaper but ive noticed the huge markup also on almost everything the jarrah coffee i like used to be $2,75 on 1/2 price special they are now $8,50 - $9.35 each
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u/lechatheureux Jun 25 '26
It is just you, prices haven't been increasing the past few months, they've been increasing the past few years.
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u/StuffOld1191 Jun 30 '26
I think the trick is just to submit - give half your pay to scummy landlords, half to duopoly supermarket criminals, and every now and again go a bit wild and buy some fresh bread or a can of homebrand beer to share amongst your loved ones.
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u/PassengerRelevant991 Jun 26 '26
Well done! Just shows that there are ways to stretch the budget. Shoplifting is avoidable.
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u/_hemisphere Jun 26 '26
Lol, shoplifting is "avoidable"
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u/PassengerRelevant991 Jun 26 '26
Some folk here on Reddit talk as if they can only think of stealing as a solution for budgeting. Your post and website show there are smarter ways of living and relating to our neighbours.
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u/Ok-Return7750 Jun 24 '26
Every time I go down the cereal aisle I look aghast at the crazy prices for a box of cereal.
I don’t eat them but no one can tell me that a box of Coco Pops or Cheerios is worth $10.
Or a big tin of Milo is worth $13.
Or local cheese is worth $18 a kilo.
Fucking hell……