“We also allege that in many cases both Woolworths and Coles had already planned to later place the products on a “prices dropped” or “down down” promotion before the price spike, and implemented the temporary price spike for the purpose of establishing a higher “was” price.

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They are trying to blame “inflation”, but at the same time they are reporting record profits.

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The dumb thing is that inflation is measured by the increase in colesworth prices.

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Isn’t that the same thing though? If inflation is at record high, their equivalent profits in dollars will be up because money is now worth less

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Profits have increased as a percentage of revenue (i.e. profit margins have increased).

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-23/supermarket-profits-surge-as-inflation-spikes-coles-woolworths/102004616

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Profit goes brrrrrr

Let’s start a non profit supermarket chain

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