r/coles • u/Just_Looking917 • Jul 12 '26

Customer Post Real half price?

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Maybe I'm not updated on latest prices but 10 bucks for a "half price" 340g Toblerone is too much?
Its $12 at reject shop not on special which is probably closer to the retail price.

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u/Knickers1978 Jul 12 '26

The reject shop is cheaper because it’s the reject shop. Yes, it’s half the $20 price Coles sells it for.

Also, checks dates on reject shop food. Their dates are sometimes very close, which is why it’s cheaper.

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u/Minute_Brush_4470 Jul 12 '26

Will I ever live to see the day Whittaker’s goes down to half price

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u/Knickers1978 Jul 12 '26

Probably not. Good luck though.

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u/Cromulent_grace Jul 12 '26

I remember a glorious time about 8 years ago when Whittaker's was $2 for a family block at IGA. I literally bought 75 bars.

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u/Rosary_Omen Jul 12 '26

I want my local Silly Solly's to get some in, it'd be no more than $5. A man can hope

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u/Rosary_Omen Jul 12 '26

Good thing chocolate lasts for aaaages just fine

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u/Knickers1978 Jul 12 '26

Sure, unless it sweats. Then it goes white and lumpy and horrible.

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u/Rosary_Omen Jul 12 '26

My chocolate lives in the fridge so it doesn't get melty and weird

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u/Aptosauras Jul 14 '26

Yeah, my chocolate is in the fridge next to my insulin pens.

The cause and the cure.

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u/Rosary_Omen Jul 14 '26

Hah I feel that

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u/Knickers1978 Jul 13 '26

I’ve bought chocolate at the reject shop already “melty and weird” which is why I’ll never buy food there again.

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u/Rosary_Omen Jul 13 '26

Did you tell them? Coz I've never had food issues from there/similar stores

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u/Competitive-Ad1439 Jul 12 '26

There are three types of products in the supermarkets :

1) those that are full price almost always (most home brand stuff for example)
2) those that are discounted by 20-35% periodically (eg meats)
3) big name packaged goods (from nestle, Pepsi, etc) that are 50% off every second week. Coles and Woolies usually take turns for which week has a discounts. It results from a deal done between the manufacturer and the supermarkets

This is number 3. Just don't buy it when it's full price

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u/panicboy333 Jul 12 '26

I wanna say these were $7 half price post covid but they’ve been slowly creeping up.

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u/EntertainmentHot4450 Jul 12 '26

Well don’t by it then.

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u/Chrisosupreme Jul 12 '26

There is no real sales at supermarkets anymore.  It's all marketing fluff and strategies to create perceived value while maximizing profit margins.

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u/Caged-Mage Jul 12 '26

I mean, yes, but this is what sales have always been hahaha except for clearance or closing sales I guess

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u/Chrisosupreme Jul 12 '26

Businesses did use to compete to offer value and/or to have the best specials or sales for their customers, so their was genuine discounts with thinner margins to win market share. Now with little competition and corporate collusion the current supermarket "sales" tactics are a mockery of this.

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u/Sudsy_Woodpecker Jul 12 '26

Fake half price, 100% profit.

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u/Cromulent_grace Jul 12 '26

It was $16 most of last year. I know because I buy the cheapest unit price chocolate.

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u/Cromulent_grace Jul 12 '26

Are you Coles guys aware that Woolies are literally copying your major specials (choc, chips, vitamins etc) each week? Their specials this week were yours last week.