But then you have to pay for delivery.
Depends on how much you want to buy. For example I pay for Amazon Prime and if you spend more than a certain amount you can get free delivery so just wait until you have enough to bring it over the free shipping. But yes you have a point. But if the customer didnât have to walk all over the store to find someone to help you purchase something that would help immensely.
Over in Western Australia, I now think that if and when the Booragoon Store was to be revamped, then that may spell the end of the Carousel (Cannington) Store in which Iâm thinking that Harris Scarfe and Muji can take up the the entire floorspace.
David Jones at Highpoint a couple of years condensed to one floor from two, with Kmart moving in to take up a floor. This also coincided with the closure of Target at the centre.
Iâm thinking that Harris Scarfe and Muji can take up the the entire floorspace.
Muji would be a good fit and a first for WA. We were about to have one in Karrinyup but now David Jones is staying there.
This is/was the worst. The reduced DJâs is rubbish and hardly has anything in store.
Muji is moving into Highpoint soon. Looks it forward to it. Itâs taking a big retail space.
and if you need some assistance - your generally SOL there because if you find someone and ask them a question youâll be told âthatâs not my departmentâ or âi canât help with X brand - iâm employed by Y brandâ
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Booktopia back again. Details out soon.
CHOICE sent mystery shoppers to 81 supermarkets to compare prices and Aldi was the âclear leader on value for moneyâ with a $51.51 basket.
Thatâs 25 per cent cheaper than the two supermarket giants, with Woolworths only slightly edging Coles out. The 14 everyday grocery items at Woolworths and Coles came to $68.58 and $69.33, respectively.
Were they comparing Aldi home brands to name brands at other supermarkets though?
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Going straight to the source:
In order to make the most accurate comparisons, many of the products in our shop come from national brands (such as CSR, Sanitarium and Tetley), which are sold in most, if not all, major supermarket chains. Selection of the products for each basket item is based on wide availability, and the closest comparable items are selected when these are not available.
The survey itself:
I tend to agree here especially since security target or make the everyday shopper inconvenienced or intimated while the big thieves just go and run through security and do nothing about it.
Those US videos showing those organised thieves in luxury stores or pharmacies raiding the shelves and security doing nothing, is exactly why I make the statement above.
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Woolworths got its EBA up it seems. 62% Yes is certainly a shift vs prior agreements, however certainly not a great result for the union, however they are known for being in the big majors pockets. Measuring wage increases against the FWC yearly decision is about as low as one can get.
Interesting Woolworths pulled the Qantas trick and pulled out Gift Cards (or Flight Credits in QFs case) to get the employees to vote Yes.
Unions shouldnât be telling people how to vote. Itâs a vote on the union also. SDA are an absolute horrid union, good to see workers have finally caught on, with some help from some other organisations.
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Whatâs more of a concern is I could be wrong as I read this on Reddit is aparrently they set up a default vote so if you were part of the union but did not vote you voted yes.
Sounds illegal
knowing them I would believe it.
I donât necessarily agree with this (the first bit, not the bit about the SDA) - if the union genuinely believes the offer is sound, then they should be communicating that (and why) and recommending that members should vote yes. Itâs on the members to decide whether they agree with that and follow the recommendation or not
They were offering a 3.75% (below inflation) pay raise it was then dressed it up with gift cards it was ridiculous. Of course the SDA were always going to support it.
The 3.75% increase has little to do with the new agreement. It is forced to come in 1 July, so they donât fall behind the rate of minimum wage. I think the new agreement if approved by fair work comes in October, which will see little to no difference for workers. Apart from releasing a 2nd giftcard
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