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Coles and Woolies to front Federal Court today for alleged discount scam

October 23, 2024 10:02

Supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths will front up to their first Federal Court hearing on Wednesday, after being accused of deceiving millions of Australian shoppers with fake discount specials across hundreds of items.

The ACCC filed suit against the supermarkets last month “for allegedly breaching the Australian Consumer Law by misleading consumers through discount pricing claims on hundreds of common supermarket products”.

RELATED: Coles and Woolworths were taken down by Reddit sleuths

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Nathan Jolly is the Features Editor at Mumbrella. He joined the team in July, 2023.

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2 COMMENTS
Home James... 23 Oct 24

The only discount you be really getting is the one you take at self serve Checkouts .

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Dubious shopper 24 Oct 24

Two words. . .

Record Profits.

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