Between Woolies, Coles, Aldi, and IGA, if they're all within relative driving distance of each other, which supermarket do you choose and why?
I personally shopped at Woolies my entire life until Coles opened up, now I usually shop at Coles as I find the prices to be a little bit cheaper. I also have an IGA that's closer, however the selection is tiny so I rarely go there.
Special offers first if I really need them, like "smashed" suggests. Then Aldi. Then Coolies for the rest.
This is for supermarket stuff. Meat, veges and fruit I often get elsewhere.
None of them. Bunch of ravenous scum bags.
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go to anyone who sell cheapest. no loyalty here except for lowest prices.
customer service is run by people which is human and not perfect.
some staff not good some other will be good.
one staff from one shop nice to you next day they have bad day or sick or personal issue they might ignore you.
staff make mistakes that's because they are human.
only price is certain.
this
lowest prices wins
don't really care about service
just have the stock, get out of my way and let me PAYYYYYYY
I normally go to Aldi first, and then what I can't/won't buy there I get at Woolies. I have the choice of Coles too, but the local Coles seems not to stock what I end up a Woolies for (large boxes of tea, certain cheeses, nicer pasta, edamame, nice cuts of lamb) although Coles is nicer inside. No IGAs nearby, but lots of greengrocers and deli options, plus a few asian supermarkets.
I'm much the same, Aldi first, then coles or woolies for the brand items.
If I'm after a specific brand I go for IGA as they stock more brands than their own stuff unlike Coles and Woolworths. Coles usually have better sales, but their normal prices on a lot of products are usually more expensive than Woolies.
Coles mainly, generally find they're cheaper than WW, and better homebrands etc. Local IGA for their meat - very good prices and decent quality :)
Don't have Aldi yet, though one is getting built down the road :)
I usually shop at the shopping centre with Woolies,Coles and Aldi. Woolies or Coles first for specials of the week and stuff that I cannot get at Aldi. So, grab trolley from Woolies/Coles, buy specials of the week, then go Aldi with trolley. Of course you will need to remember to BYO shopping bags with Aldi, or if you have forgotten your shopping bags, grab one(or more) of the cartons in-store and use that instead.
I presume you put your Coles/Woolies specials in the car before taking their trolley into Oldies.
I don't actually.. do I need to? The products do not overlap much anyway, right?
I take my Coles shopping and my Coles trolley into Aldi. As mentioned above there is very little overlap of products and the checkout operators have never questioned the shopping bags or asked for receipts.
I usually go to Coles because there is one 1.5kms from me vs 5kms for the nearest Woolies (and one across the road from my work). Don't have loyalty to either though, I've been vehemently disappointed with both. I would like to blacklist each of them, but it's a bit hard to do in a duopoly. In WA Aldi is opening soon, and we also have SpudShed which you don't have in the east, so it eases the pain a bit. Since Coles and Woolies have the same specials at different times I wait until they sell what I want and buy in bulk (eg Sirena tuna, Lindt chocolate).
Woolies mainly, as they are much more aggressive at marking down fresh food close to expiry. I am 10 mins walk away, so it is pretty easy for me to meal plan around whatever has been marked down 50% or more.
For what it is worth, I think Coles are a little cheaper on packaged food, ready meals, frozen food etc. but we mainly buy fresh stuff (albeit close to expiry!) and staples so the areas where Coles price leads don't make much difference.
Reduced for Quick Sale is the main dinnertime menu item at my place!
As many have said, woolies and Coles prices are roughly the same, but I always pay using discounted wish cards. It's like a guaranteed 5% off, on top of the specials I buy, additionally, the wish cards can be used for petrol, giving approx 6c off all the time, so that's a no brainer since petrol prices are all the same where I am (give or take 1c depending on the day).
I can't stand the check out and the people at aldi, checkouts are already slow, why is there a need to chitter chatter to the staff, it kills me to wait in that line when I know I can self check out myself.
what goes on at your aldi? the ones I go to never talk to you and scan items at a million items a minute, way faster than you could ever self service (place the item in the bagging area…)
Ha! Damn that message from self serve checkouts are annoying.
If you hadn't noticed also at Aldi on most of their products they have a barcode on each side of the packaging so that they can scan it quicker at the checkout.
They may be fast when u get there, but the wait to get there I could have scanned all my items, paid, gotten in my car and be half way home.
I never have to line up to pay at either woolies or Coles. Aldi is always the opposite, usually, one check out is pretty annoying in my eyes.
at all my local coles/woolies, you have to line up to get to the self service checkouts anyway, the aldi line is no longer than that
You must have some very busy supermarkets. I've honestly never lined up for any self check outs other than the cbd store, but those are not really supermarkets as much as they are discount 7-11 store.
I just go to whatever one I feel like or that I know has a particular product cheap, or if it's more convenient because I'm going past.
I have a Coles and a Woolies in my local shopping centre.
I almost always shop at Woolies (except for excellent specials) simply because the Coles at my centre is really run down and dero-looking and often don't have stock on the shelves.
Our shopping centre is the other way round - Coles had a full revamp about a year ago so is bright, well-stocked and easy to get around and makes grocery shopping (almost) a pleasure. Woolies on the other hand desperately needs doing up and often runs pretty low stock levels as well. I go to both stores, mainly to buy the catalogue specials.
Rarely ever go to IGA as they're too expensive. No Aldi here in Perth yet, but come June this year - to steal a phrase from Tassieeagle - I'll be all over that like a rash as well LOL.
Hey Simba - what shops do you use?
Mine are Bentley. The Coles used to be a Farmer Jacks or something and hasn't been upgraded.
Hopefully we'll see an Aldi in Cannington soon.
Ours is Warwick. I suspect the Woolies might have come under new management in recent times, as over the last couple of years there seem to be less and less staff there (so of course, less checkouts open at busy times), stock levels are a joke a lot of the time, they closed the bakery section completely (although it seems to be partly in use again, but not sure whether they''re actually making anything in-store) and the entire store just feels and looks "dingy" compared to the bright and shiny Coles which is always full of customers.
There's an Aldi being built at Mirrabooka - it's in tthe Mirrabooka Square Shopping Centre though, so not sure how big it will be - probably won't be able to get near the place once it opens!
Coles - because I have Coles car insurance (doubling all flybuys points
Parking is easier at Coles too, plus the paper discount petrol voucher is much handier.
(I hate filling up at Woolies/Caltex and finding I have no discounts on the EDR card, grrrr)
So, Shell Express for petrol (more flybuy points)but shop Aldi first for all the usual suspects.
There is a Woolworths Fuel app you can download to check. It is also handy to check petrol prices at petrol stations near me.
You must have a decent amount of flybuys points! Nice work!
I never understand those point systems.
U get around 0.001% back in value. Buy wish cards from anywhere, for 5% instant saving. Even on ur petrol! That's worth loads more than a 4c voucher too
It can get complicated they have deals all the time for bonus points which aren't to hard to achieve. One was to complete a $120 shops at coles once a week for three weeks for 10,000 points which is equivalent to $50.
I do my shopping list then compare prices online of both woolworths and Coles, whoever has the cheapest price I mark a c and w next to that item. I then proceed to both stores. Just I today I spent $150 but saved $50 across both stores.
If we had an aldi here in Tassie I'd be all over that like a rash but alas.
In general though I prefer Coles as they have more specials on the items I commonly purchase and flybys is way better than The Tasmanian version of woolworths rewards.
I look at parking. If parking is a hassle, I'll go somewhere it is easier. Other than that, no allegiances.
I generally buy online … Woolies usually have better online discounts but I do Coles 30% approx.
We do use Woolies petrol discounts… find coles "bring in a receipt" a bit of a pain.
And our woolies is right at the most convenient entrance to shopping centre.
I guess that's why we only go to coles if we can't find what we want at woolies, or know of a particular deal there.
Aldi and then Coles.
Anyone know the company tax arrangements of Woolworths and Coles? If one is more prone than the other to sending money to offshore bank accounts in order to minimise paying their fair share of tax eBay-style (who pay jackshit), then they should be punished for it (by reduced patronage).
Maybe it's Aldi that has more 'flexible' tax arrangements.
Aldi's tax needs 'a good look', says Wesfarmers chief Richard Goyder
Also
Interesting and I suspect the kidnapping of the co-founder of Aldi is only the tip of the iceberg. OzBargainers love Aldi the "underdog" and loathe Colesworths but there is quite a possibility that Aldi could be more evil than the duopoly - they just haven't been given a chance (to reveal their evilness) yet.
On the one hand, the chief of Wesfarmers has an obvious financial interest in saying Aldi needs a "good look". On the other hand, he does so knowing that the accusation could also be directed at Coles so maybe in reality, Coles's tax arrangements are more "ethical" than Aldi's. Obviously, the Liberal Party wouldn't call for a royal commission on the Labor Party for corrupt use of taxpayer's funds because it could just as easily be used on the Liberal Party (and vice versa).
But we live in a "free market" and a free-est market needs perfect information so bring on the royal commission on Aldi.
Unless anyone here believes we shouldn't do so?
U can't kidnap the founder of aldi, lol, he is a billionaire, probably living in some island u probably can't fly to coz he owns the whole place.
There is one thing u know about aldi, so that u don't know very much.
Where do I even start, buddy?
U can't kidnap the founder of aldi, lol, he is a billionaire, probably living in some island u probably can't fly to coz he owns the whole place.
One: There is no one founder of Aldi. The company was founded by two brothers: Karl and Theo Albrecht.
Two: you can't kidnap the founders of Aldi, because they're dead. Dead people can't be kidnapped, let alone be capable of owning and living on "some island".
Three: One brother was in fact kidnapped in 1971 and held for ransom. You would know this if you read the articles provided in the above post or if you did some quick reading on Wikipedia.
There is one thing u know about aldi, so that u don't know very much.
Four: Were you looking at a mirror or taking a selfie with your iPhone when you made that comment?
Wow mr serious. Firstly, the stuff was said in jest. Pretty obvious by the way it was written. Secondly, it was to highlight, for a company that is worth many many billions, more than colesworth combined, there is little know about the owners.
Infact, the wiki pages u pulled up is pretty good evidence of that, couple of paragraphs?!?!? Sriously, how do u become so intensely rich, from something as simple as owning supermarkets, yet has so little information about you be known.
I can actually come up with a pretty reasonable theory, but if u like to make personal attacks to defend ur position, u probably don't want to hear it anyway.
But if ur a man of detail, which u seem to profess, I suggest u take note of ur reciepts when you shop at aldi, they do something very peculiar that is unique to only them in the supermarket world. Not unique though to many billionaires who hold complex financial structures for the purposes of evasion and secrecy.
For us, we do a small shop at Woolies for a couple of things (Shampoo / conditioner that the wife likes, cat food / litter that the car likes) and everything else is from Aldi.
If it were up to me and I didn't have a fussy wife / cat, I'd get everything from Aldi and never set foot in a Woolies / Coles again.
It's a shame when ur cat has better tastes than you lol
I wouldn't say better, I'd say fussier. My cat is quite happy to have the Aldi dry cat food, but for the 'wet' cat food he won't touch the Aldi stuff.
I've had no problems with food from my local Aldi (fresh, tinned or frozen).
Shop at coles flybuys,coles car insurance. Coles Leopold Victoria have fresh fruit/veges prices ok
staff very friendly well lit,good size car park.
Aldi first choice, Coles or Woolies if necessary. Meat at wholesale butcher, veges at farmers markets, so I know it is fresh.
Made on / laid on / picked dates please.
I like Coles so I chose them in the poll but I shop at Woolworths as well plus a tiny bit at Aldi. I usually save at least 10% by using loyalty bonuses and discounted gift cards. Sometimes loyalty bonuses have worked out to be 40% on a really good combination of offers.
Coles.. Nearest to me..no car so kinda forced into it but I'm happy with mostly. Wish Aldi would provide bags
people must be rich to shop at woolies or coles
Nar, we're just ozbargainers lol.
I don't usually do the grocery shopping for the household, but there is a Stocklands near me with Coles, Woollies and Aldi.
If I do need to get groceries, I usually go by which has the best deals on at the time. Coles' rewards program is much better IMO, but I get discounted gift cards for both so price isn't the biggest issue for me. The majority of our fruits/veg comes from weekend trips to Paddy's Markets. If I need good cheap wine, I'll go to Aldi.
I go with a mix Coles, Woolies and Aldi - just depends on where im at etc
Whoever sells the cheapest nacho ingredients haha lol oh and spam and drinks/chips if my/the budget allows.
Edit:
My nearest Woolworths is berala (walking distance less than 1km)
My nearest Coles is like chullora or green acre (few kms car trip)
My nearest Aldi is auburn (can possibly theoretically walk it but probably about 3-4x the trip of the woolies one also dont wanna get mugged or stabbed lol)
My nearest IGA is homebush (so a $5 return train trip ride from lidcombe station)
I live in lidcombe nearish to auburn so… I guess it depends on the day or where I am but berala woolworths definitely wins hands down… also they close at midnight.
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I do a supermarket sweep and take the loss-leading offers from each store.