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Wednesday, October 23

Woolworths' profit up despite Big W slide

Woolworths has raised full-year profit by 7.2 per cent to $1.75 billion after a robust second-half performance by its Australian supermarkets offset softness at Big W and the liquor division.

Woolworths' pokies exit "not about gaming"

Supermarket giant Woolworths is combining its liquor and hospitality businesses ahead of a divestment next year, but insists it is not trying to distance itself from the gambling industry.

Woolworths says it will shut its Big W distribution centre at Monarto in 2021. Photo: AAP

Big jobs hit as Big W announces closure of Monarto distribution centre and 30 stores

More than 200 jobs are in limbo at Big W’s Monarto distribution centre, which is expected to shut down by 2021 as Woolworths swings the axe across its struggling Big W chain.

Coles, Aldi to lift milk prices to help struggling dairy farmers

Supermarket giants Coles and Aldi are raising the prices of their two and three litre bottles of milk, vowing to pass the extra money onto Australian dairy farmers.

Woolworths axes $1 milk, claiming farmers will benefit

Woolworths will stop selling milk for $1 a litre, bumping up the price by 10 cents with the increase to go to struggling dairy farmers.

Woolworths accused of "profiling" pokie gamblers

Staff at Woolworths-owned pubs are being accused of profiling poker machine users to encourage them to stay longer and gamble more.

The SA supermarket trumping Coles and Woolworths

Woolworths and Coles may dominate the supermarket landscape, but when it comes to customer loyalty the big two lag behind a much smaller operation, new data reveals.

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Big jobs hit as Big W announces closure of Monarto distribution centre and 30 stores

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