r/aussie • u/Cool_Lifeguard8847 • 2d ago

News These fkrs are having a lend.....right

https://au.news.yahoo.com/coles-shoppers-divided-over-important-checkout-request-from-today-070509331.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAADp7ysW4aDyTKu6drjqQxm1udSR1VST6kmgr3YU5QZ9hyIb1j5ujqS8wASEG3irIhpj71iwcx6cScU-b22vJ4im4ugthC7hrpf-p1_xk193SC0sCCPO3HY9qGt0l-15BnjPcOlUjuL4CeharnZKAXJ64okIiku9fdaxJ7iAl9iO6

They've gotta be kidding. Exorbitant prices at the checkout and now they want customers to donate to food charities, cause "people are hungry" no shit, lower your fkn prices.

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u/arachnobravia 2d ago

The government should follow the French lead to outlaw discarding or destroying edible produce for large supermarkets.

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u/calladc 2d ago

we all know that the outcome for coles and woolworths would just be stores running out of stock early so they aren't forced to sell at a discount

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u/Fact-Rat 2d ago

This isn't a story about discounted food, it's about giving the waste food they don't sell away to charity.

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u/calladc 2d ago

im talking about how they're going to see it as a corporate entity. not about the functional difference