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[-] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

Coles must be loving this dude, he can't stop shooting himself in the foot forcing all the eyes on him and woolies, while Coles does the same shit.

[-] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

A lot of this is on us (the consumers). If they put produce on the shelves that isn't perfect, we don't buy it. So, it gets wasted. Either

  1. at the farm before it is loaded onto a truck,
  2. at the warehouse before it is sent to store,
  3. at the dock before it is put on display,
  4. by the customer, who will pick the 'nicer' fruit/vegetable from the pile.

We can't entirely blame the supermarkets for this, though they absolutely deserve some of the blame. Having the ability to buy an apple with a bruise on it for a fraction of the price of the perfect apple is both good for the environment and a way to help address the rising cost of living.

Not sure they'd go for it, as they care more about the loss of the sale of that perfect apple than they do about the food waste.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

it's been a weird chicken/egg situation. When I was a kid, weird shaped veggies were nbd, shit came out of the dirt, what did you expect.

Meanwhile hubs (7 years younger) freaks at a two legged carrot because he's never seen produce that wasn't standardised to a catalogue.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Personally I don't much care how it looks. In fact with bananas and apples in particular, I find the more "perfect" examples are often the least flavourful.

But I will avoid bruised product. If there are noticeable soft spots, it's staying on the shelf.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Of course you will. You are looking at two items, both costing the same price ($x/kg). One is in fantastic condition and one looks less-than-fantastic.

It's just human nature that you'll take the pristine product. Why on earth would you pay the same amount for an inferior product?

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Right but my point was that for me it's not just one that looks less-than-fantastic. It's one that might even look better but actually is inferior. Bruises in fruit & veggies actually affect the flavour/texture of the food.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Woolies did do a good thing by bagging up the less perfect looking fruit/veggies and selling that separately cheaper. I'm assuming Coles does the same.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I don't think I've ever seen an "odd bunch" veggie that i wouldn't be happy to pick off the shelf, but I've seen plenty on the shelf I wouldn't pick

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

they seem more like weird shaped veggies than minor damage. and nit a whole lot cheaper either

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I hope they never stop using that picture of the time this idiot turned up wearing the shop uniform. Him and his PR advisors should never live it down 😆

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I nearly pissed myself laughing when I saw that + the walkout. I doubt he's even worked in a woolies before

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Woolworths, ‘The Fresh Food People’ admit to selling food that isn’t fresh to consumers.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Weird anectode, we used to have 50 acres behind Coffs Harbour (48 acres of bush), when we had excess we'd sell some to the local organic wholesaler. She inisited it was perfect or customers wouldn't buy it. I was kind of bemused because the only way it's getting that way in any volume is pesticides.

Another anecdote, we had all sorts of different fruit but they onky wanted the same fruit you get supermarkets, as that was all that sold (apple, bananas, mandarins and oranges...we only had the latter two)

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

You lived in Coffs... and didn't have bananas?! Outrageous

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

They didn't feel they could compete with the big one.

The Big Banana, Coffs Harbour

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Woolworths boss Brad Banducci has defended the amount of food the supermarket giant rejects with a top executive saying no one wants a banana that is "too big", a South Australian parliamentary inquiry has heard.

The state select committee investigating grocery prices is one of several inquiries currently underway across the country, including one being led by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

Committee chair Robert Simms grilled Mr Banducci and Woolworths chief commercial officer Paul Harker on Tuesday about food waste, mark-ups from suppliers and increasing prices amid cost-of-living pressures.

His response followed Australian Bureau of Statistics data that revealed Adelaide had the biggest grocery price increase in the country at 16.4 per cent between 2021 and 2023.

Last month, SA's vegetable industry association AUSVEG told the committee there has been an average 300 per cent mark up between farm gate price and what the consumer pays.

Mr Harker said Woolworths does not engage in the practice of flooding the market, where producers are pressured to grow more than needed, in turn lowering their sale prices.


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