I just bought Milk Full Cream 3L from Coles, and I was charged $4.80. I thought there must have been another price increase across the board.
However, Woolworths Online is still selling for $4.50. Does anybody know the reason for the price difference, or are we on the verge of another price hike?
It’s a price hike … for the farmers … which they will never see a cent of…
It's the thought that counts…
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How long did they think about it?
Does anybody know the reason for the price difference …
Sometimes they sync, sometimes not.
Why didn't you just buy it from Woolies?
Coz W gains more from other stuff according to this poll. C sells other stuff slightly cheaper, but may catch up by now.
I've noticed that each of them lead with increases although the others also increase their price soon thereafter unless the item is subject to a price drop/lock
ALDI, Woolworths and Coles are almost always matching each other when it comes to low margin products like milk.
So I'd say that a price hike is on the way, it's just that the Coles in @sharing is caring's area has raised prices first before the Woolworths and ALDI, from the sounds of things.
https://www.google.com/search?q=milk+price+rise+%244.80
There's a number of news articles about Coles "reluctantly" raising the prices of milk.
It seems like Woolworths and ALDI will let Coles take all the PR flak, then they'll try and sneakily match them a little bit later.
This should be the most productive time of the year for milk from dairy cows.
Flood impact could not have impacted yet, but it could be farmers leaving the sector. You'd need to know whether the herd numbers have dropped to rule out more 'rorting because we can', but the ACCC has willingly looked away from this sort of daylight theft from big supermarkets. Here to stay.
The minimum wage for cows just went up to 1.5 hay bales per day. 3 bales on a Sunday.
Yes, but they don't have to worry about putting any aside for superannuation.
If they did, they may go over the cap and get milked with taxes. Cheez!
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Dairy farmers would probably be the hardest working farmers.They deserve every cent. Pretty sure that work ethos gets used up[ for cred by the rest of the farming sector, whenever they want to whinge about how hard they have it. ( Driving to the 2 storey holiday house [trust fund asset] in the RAM with a cabin cruiser behind it,)
I live in a dairy district area in regional Victoria. What you say is true for 3rd or more generational farmers that have zero debt. New farmers with million dollar plus loans are the ones struggling. Most dairy farmers I know have their wealth tied up in water rights and entitlements. Their parents/grandparents purchased 1000's of ML of water rights when they were cheap. The values today are insane. If they trade these water shares on the open market their annual incomes are easily beyond whirlpool forum status.
Dairy farmers produce an essential basic food product. The AH getting water at the same price to water cotton,olives,almonds,wine grapes etc should be subsidising that water cost for dairy.(pay more for water) the less nutritional a product is, that uses potable water, should payer the highest price. Non food products like sandalwood,cotton etc, should catch and store rainfall,period.
Australia is a net exporter of water. We waste more on washing rocks in a year, than we do on feeding ourselves for ten years.(probably a shitload more)
… washing rocks …
What rocks?
Dairy farmers would probably be the hardest working farmers
Yep, I've heard spreading the heifers legs and containing them is pretty dangerous work till their spirits are broken (or they're sent off to slaughter because they're too much trouble).
I like to get the locally owned milk from Colesworth and it doesn't cost much more than the supermarket brand. The small extra is worth it.
dear OP …
presume buying colesbrand milk (as that is listed at $4.80).
Other main brands for 3L == $5.99 … $6.20
Then if look at other stores (eg. IGA) … whereby prices will vary depending on what suburb the store is in.
$6.20 in 1 suburb … but exact same 3L milk acouple of suburbs over == $6.69.
Then another store again only 1 suburb away … normal price == $7.15 … but currently on sale for $5.49
For EXACT same milk.
Atleast with Coles/WW …. the pricing is standard across each of their stores in the state.
IGA = Independent Grocers of Australia.
Emphasis is "Independent" so they can set own prices, except when its a catalog special they share.
https://pricehipster.com/product/r-vCQQCyXdrl_Rd8rdmzjA~BkG5…
Price went up Sep 13