Five Woolworths supermarkets to go quiet across Canberra
For one hour every Tuesday morning, five Woolworths supermarkets across the nation’s capital will go quiet. Between 10:30-11:30 am every Tuesday, the five supermarkets will dim the store lights, turn...
View ArticleGentleman calls in Coles’ $70 million development proposal at Dickson shops
The proposed Coles supermarket and mixed-use development at Dickson shops is set to go ahead with Planning and Land Management Minister Mick Gentleman using his call-in powers to give the controversial...
View ArticleEggs recalled from ACT due to salmonella concerns
A range of egg products is being recalled from the ACT and several states due to concerns about potential salmonella contamination. Victorian-based Bridgewater Poultry is conducting a recall of five...
View ArticleDickson plans deliver supermarket compromise
As Coles unveils new plans for their Dickson supermarket development, community activists are claiming a victory in the long-running battle that landed all parties in the ACT Supreme Court. Local...
View ArticleDefence jobs building a bridge to reconciliation in the Shoalhaven
A partnership in the Shoalhaven is forging a new culture within one of Australia’s biggest security companies, and in turn, filtering out into the wider community. Wilson Security keeps watch on who...
View ArticleWarning after Hepatitis A outbreak linked to imported frozen pomegranate
ACT Health is warning consumers who have bought imported frozen pomegranate from Coles supermarkets not to eat the product and dispose of it, after a case of hepatitis A was identified in the Territory...
View ArticleTribunal calls out ACTPLA in overturning approval of Dickson shops proposal
The ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal appears to have drawn a line in the sand for the ACT Planning and Land Authority and developers in overturning the approval of Coles’ Dickson shops development...
View ArticleWhere can you buy vegan gifts in Canberra this Christmas?
First, we need to draw a clear distinction between a ‘Vulcan’ and a ‘vegan’. ‘Vulcans’ are a fictional extra-terrestrial humanoid species in Star Trek from the planet Vulcan. Whereas, ‘vegans’ abstain...
View ArticleCase for big supermarket outside of Goulburn CBD
Long queues of shoppers at the check-outs and congested car parks remind people every week Goulburn need not hold out much longer before another major supermarket comes to town. The question is where...
View ArticleWarnings strata uncertainty hurting business as reform process stalls
Reform of the ACT’s ‘one-size-fits-all’ strata management regime appears to have stalled, with the Government saying new issues have emerged as a result of July’s public consultation. The property...
View ArticleNew Coles at Amaroo gets smart with parking
Coles’ Amaroo supermarket is one of four new sites in the country to now have an electronic guidance system to make parking easier and prevent congestion Coles selected global company Smart Parking to...
View ArticlePay for bags, scan my own shopping – now pay for a trolley!?
I’ve been seeing them around for a while now – token slots on Woolworths and Coles shopping trolleys that require a $1 or $2 coin to release the chain. Up until this week I have remained blissfully...
View ArticleAsk RiotACT: What’s up with the shopping trolley locks?
Hi Rioters. There seems to be a bit of a standoff going on with the shopping trolleys and the locks. Round here, all of the trolleys have been fitted with locks, but they are helpfully tied back with...
View ArticleJumping the bun!
Has 1 January become a sort of Groundhog Day indicator for Easter? Is there evidence that half a dozen packs of hot cross buns have poked their heads up and declared it is OK to come out. If I was many...
View ArticleGiralang shops debacle: residents still losers
There should be an inquiry held into Giralang shops, it shouldn’t take ten years+ to end up with a half built centre being bulldozed and replaced with flats, whatever your opinion on whether Giralang...
View ArticleColes to buy Supabarn supermarkets in ACT and NSW
Independent supermarket chain Supabarn has today announced it will sell all but two of its ACT and NSW stores to supermarket giant Coles. The sale will affect Supabarn’s Civic, Wanniassa, Kaleen and...
View ArticleIt’s Time… to stop Coles and Woolworths
Andrew Barr, I don’t want another Coles in Dickson. I want more small business – and I think Jon Stanhope would agree with me. The greatest moral struggle of our generation is whether governments have...
View ArticleColes to be anchor tenant at new Amaroo Group Centre
Coles Property Director Greg Chubb and Deputy Chief Minister Andrew Barr are pleased to announce that a full line Coles supermarket will be the anchor tenant for the new Amaroo Group Centre. The centre...
View ArticleColes Belconnen is not a supermarket?
My mother-in-law visited Coles Belconnen yesterday morning and inquired whether it sold drying racks for dishes, she could not find them. After having to explain what a drying rack was to the young...
View ArticleNote to Coles Jamo, India is in Asia
Aisle 6 at the Jamison Coles gave me the gears this lunchtime for some reason. Do Coles perpetuate racist ideas in their over simplified food presentation? Or do they merely reflect the unthinking...
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