This whole process of corporate Australia pandering to the woke community is getting totally out of hand
Woolworths Dumps Australia Day Merchandise
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I've never understood hot cross buns, I love food, all sorts of food
I just think they are overrated and almost as bad as that Italian crap panettone
@TEER3X: I’m not keen on dried fruit so they aren’t my cup of tea either. I just think panettone is a tad dry.
It isn’t about rating it is just personal taste.
Idk I feel if I was going to splash out on merch I wouldn’t get the cheaply made stuff.
Who cares
op i guess?
Far right snowflakes who see every business decision as an attack on their personal preferences.
And claim it’s “wokeness” when they don’t even know what woke means.
In previous years when I've been to an Australia day event, there's someone there handing out free flags. Don't really need to buy anything from the shop.
so no possibility that the products are not selling and they made a business decision not to stock it anymore?
Woolworths expressly said low sales is the reason
op: impossible
More likely - O.P.: unpossible
I find it hilarious that people shouting 'freedom of speech' every 2 seconds, get outraged at a business making a decision that they don't agree with.
The outraged rightwing. Free speech is only OK as long as it agrees entirely with me.
And the people negging me are just making my point.
Specifically what freedoms would you enjoy and take advantage of that you don't currently have?
@vodamerc: I was referring to speech but fair enough. I was luckily in the largely unaffected west for the pandemic. Hopefully the states have learned what worked and what didn't for the next big outbreak.
@us3rnam3tak3n: Pointing out that 26 of our former and/or current statesmen are pedophiles for one.
That our immigration policies are unsustainable. Leading to a huge decrease in quality of life for everyone.
Pointing out that 26 of our former and/or current statesmen are pedophiles for one.
If you can substantiate it, you're free to make these claims. Otherwise it's probably slander.
That our immigration policies are unsustainable. Leading to a huge decrease in quality of life for everyone.
Yeah, that's why they're being revised. You're also free to speak out on this matter.
“Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel”. Samuel Johnson.
I think you have just proven his statement.
With more freedom of speech:
- people question the “my country right or wrong” line. They actually look beyond the surface.
- people wonder why it is “patriotic” to buy cheap tat that goes into landfill just because it has some representation of Australia printed on it. Especially when it is made in China. What does Australian flag underwear and masks demonstrate? I wear my flag on my backside and I snot all over it in a mask? Talk about disrespect.
- people wonder what the West is declining from. They have a look at what the State represented, who was oppressed, who benefitted, and who was controlling how information was disseminated back in the “good old days”.Bring on true freedom of speech for everyone. However, let it be factual and respectful,
@try2bhelpful: But we can't question what is right or wrong, we don't have as much freedoms as we did (from a social/societal point of view). The big globohomo corporations are stictly on one side.
I agree we shouldn't be buying cheap Chinese shit. That does no one any favours.
The west is declinging from the highest standard of living. The most freedoms. The most oppertunies. And the most tolerant of other opinions/thoughts and being open to discussion. That's very obvious and that all these are declining.
@BarginBrah: Look at how you express yourself. How do you expect us to take you seriously let alone respect your comments. They are a word salad of tropes.
Declining from when? Certainly the standard of living is much higher from when I was a kid. Apart from the ludicrous cost of housing we really haven’t had a better period of prosperity for the average punter than now. We are experiencing the effects of frankly a small set of inflation figures compared to historical highs.
You object to past discrimination being addressed? You object to people being treated equally? Take off the blinkers and see what people have had to deal with. It might broaden your perspective and your vocabulary. Ditch the nonsense words for a start. Stop letting a bunch of people who peddle hate treat you like a puppet. They pull the string and get a reaction. Ask yourself why you really care about this?
@try2bhelpful: Please done speak to me about tropes. Your previous reply was almost incoherent, I could barely understand what you said.
Declining for the last 100 years. Particularly the last 50. Look at health, wait times at hospitals, obesity, cancer rates, mental health, physical health. Abuse and neglect for older people.
Education; the standard is worse, its regressed, number of students in a class, literacy rates, mathematics, teacher burnout, bullying.
Relationship, marriage breakdowns, single parenthood, singles rate, childless woman, suicide rates, abuse of children, neglect of children.
Foods less nutritional, everything has sugar.
Gambling, alcoholism, promiscuousness. General trust in society is way down. Incompetence is up.You're a literal pea brain if you think we are doing better now than before. It's ludicrous to think so.
Why do Aboriginals still carry one about something 200 years ago. They get an extremely good deal. We still the highest standards of living, they should be grovelling to us condeing the input vs output, we get zero benefit from them being around. Us Europeans don't get to whine about our past.
@BarginBrah: Ok, so Reddit is for verifiable claims and OzB is for… unverifiable opinions stated as facts? Thanks, good to know
@larndis: What of my claims do you think is untrue, and why haven't you done a google to confirm. I'm not providing sources when everything if easily checkable, if not common Knowledge.
@try2bhelpful: What… We are fatter, dumber, less happy now. You have the list, that's the merits we have declined with. You trying to be helpful brah, or choosing to be dense brah…
You still driving a Commodore?
You’re not a real Australian, quit pretending.
I'm uber right-wing and believe in genuine free speech, warts and all, whether I agree with it or not.
Real freedom of speech is being able to be anti-colonisation, racist, islamaphobic, antisemitic, homophobic, anti-christian etc. Whatever you want. If you want to burn an Australian flag, fine but it's also fine to burn a koran if that's what you want to do. As long as you're not promoting violence or the committing of crime, you should be allowed to say whatever you like.
Try publicly burning the Koran and see what happens**
** sarcasm. I do not recommend
@Blahness: Agree but you should be allowed to do something like that if that's what you wanted to do. We do not have freedom of speech and this is what successive governments have allowed into our society unfortunately
@R4: as seen around the world previously, burning the Koran takes things out of the governments control unfortunately even if we have true freedom of speech. I digress
@Blahness: burning the Koran takes things out of the governments control unfortunately
Australia is a nation Kowtowing to peoples feelings so much that it changes the law for them while disregarding the rights of a free person.
Say what you want just don't go ramming it down peoples throat (religion/sexuality). I really don't care until that happens
So you would be okay with newspapers making up lies about people?
Never mind cheap crap.
But with BTD sales getting Woolies vouchers and Kmart delivery.
Perhaps just one small step of Xi ?What do you mean?
Oh I meant them BYD cars.
BYD sold thousands of electric busses around the world, nobody seems to have an issue.
Endless youtubers had been waffling about the BYD Atto. When I got new tyres from Kmart brand MyCar they showed me how they deliver BYD branded panel vans and handle service an warranty claims. They looked like a Renault Kangoo.
No chance to test drive so I tested the MG EV. Good pickup, crappy infotainment, no climate control. Flooring it made its software crash not once or twice, the 3rd time I was stuck in the middle of an intersection, had to get out of car, lock, unlock and start fresh. Dealer later rang me that a software update fixed many issues.WTF has that to do with Aussie day junk in Woolies??
You got negged for asking a question to clarify a statement that had a typo which didn't make sense.
Incredibly irrational.
Let’s face it most Australians just want a public holiday, preferably one that creates a long weekend. They don’t care what they are celebrating. The holidays are about getting together with friends and eating and drinking.
Obviously the stores aren’t making money on the merch and most of it would go straight in the bin afterwards. Why cater to bogans with cheap tat if you aren’t turning a buck.
Frankly Australia day could be any day or date, there is only a hazy notion of what it is commemorating anyway. Probably the day the resonates with most Australians it is Anzac Day. The youth blood of Australia slaughtered on the battlefield, a lot of it badly wasted.
Truth. Australia day is enjoyed as a day off and celebration of what makes Australia great. I don't remember ever seeing the landing of the first fleet being 'celebrated' as part of the day.
People can argue moving the date is tokenism or 'bowing to the lefties' or whatever, but it's pretty hard to believe anyone actually cares that the day must be celebrated on January 26. And in that light, it's hard to see why anyone is upset that people are suggesting literally any other day of the year.
Its a bunch of people getting pissed that other people have feelings about something they simply don't care about. Madness.
. They don’t care what they are celebrating
Hello? HR? I won't be coming in tomorrow. Religious holiday, the uh, Feast of Maximum Occupancy.
If you are putting on a Barbie I will turn up with a bottle of wine.
I recommend this
https://bws.com.au/product/322002/cat-amongst-the-pigeons-sh…
Usually buy it for closer to 17 though
@try2bhelpful: hah i just realise your dp is a picture of a cat, this was a big coincidence. I just find this particular shiraz for the money slaps hard.
@Jimothy Wongingtons: That is one of my girls.
I don’t know about cat among the pigeons but she once got hassled by a bunch of Mynahs. They were perched just above our balcony and the door was open. The cat crept out under the sheer and went to rush at them. They flew down in front of the sheer and made an awful racket. She scuttled back inside quick smart. They then went back to the ledge and made noises like “ya want some.”. It was hilarious to watch.
There has been a gradual decline in demand for Australia Day merchandise from our stores over recent years.
It looks like this is just a business decision with the typical generic corporate statement behind it.
Last year Kmart announced it would not be selling Australia Day products to ensure it was "inclusive" to all.
Are we also still outraged at Kmart? And, by extension Wesfarmers?
Looking at the content and its spread across a Uncle Rupert's network - maybe they're doing this as there are no advertising contracts. I don't remember seeing any advertising for Woolworths but News corp sure love to write articles on the most recent Kmart knock offs.
People who do not even understand what Australia day represents are negging me.
na, the comedian just sux
Actually the comedian is absolutely hilarious. I’ve been to a live concert.
The point is incredibly pertinent especially as January 26th is about raising a flag and claiming a continent where people were already living.
I agree with Woolies, but not for their same reasons… (before you neg, read my reply, don’t just stop here and think “woke piece of trash… have my neg…” because my reply has nothing to do with being “woke”)
I think they needed to ditch it because of the environmental impact of all these shit, crappy, poorly made pieces of garbage have on our environment. There is no need for it every single year. More and more plastic bags, thongs that break in a week, useless plastic flags on plastic poles. The list of shit they trot out each year was depressing.
So, I for one, am glad they stopped marketing this shit for a quick buck. I just wish they did it a long time ago and just said that they were no longer stocking this plastic shit because of the impact it had on our ecosystem and environment instead of taking some “wOkE aGeNdA” and using it for marketing clout.
Finally someone gets it.
Also where can I get a pdf link to this woke agenda that genXers keep crying about?
I sure would like to know what it has to do with the realisation that no First Nations people are ever getting their land back and simply recognising the trauma inflicted over hundreds of years is somehow going to change that.
Honestly, when I read the title, I thought this was going to be a post about Woolworths finally making an actual change do reduce their single use plastic going to landfill.
Wow, was I disappointed.
agreed
Similar for Xmas, Halloween and valentines day.
I don't think anyone cares if Woolies decide to stop stocking an item for commercial reasons. What some have had a gutful of is corporations and governments bowing to the whims of vocal minorities.
As someone was negged for earlier in this thread, if this was a commercial decision why do I even know about it? But I saw it on news sites and here. If Woolies made a public statement about it, then it was clearly a political not a commercial decision.
What some have had a gutful of is corporations and governments bowing to the whims of vocal minorities.
Those millionaire investors need to pull their heads in. Amirite?
if this was a commercial decision why do I even know about it?
Because out rage journalism sells.
Woolies is selling Aussie lamb and other Aussie meats. Surely that’s the real Australia Day merch, not some bogan foam hand or Chinese crap clothing
I guess I'm putting some skewers through some lamb cutlets and sticking them on the front of my ute this year!
I guess I'm putting some skewers through some lamb cutlets and sticking them on the front of my ute this year!
So what happened to the stuff on the ute from last year?
At the dump after one days use?
Why not get a sticker on your bumper and display it all year?Threw the plastic flags and inflatable kangaroo in to landfill, of course!
They were in the bin before sunrise the next day!
Cover up the perfectly spotless paintjob on my jacked up ute that almost never goes off road? Never!I do not own a ute nor do I cover any vehicle in disposable plastic decorations.
Woolies gouging lamb prices; not that Australian of them.
Except they are not. Lamb prices have been the lowest for a long time. They are increasing again slowly but over the Christmas break they were very cheap.
bogan foam hand
I lol'ed.
You really think Woolworths did themselves harm by backing the Voice? As an actual shareholder in Woolworths, which most people here wouldn’t be, I think Woolworths will prove to be on the right side of history. Sometimes it takes time for society to catch up. After all slavery was very popular at one time. Not so much now.
As a shareholder I also don’t want Woolworths to waste money on selling landfill tat that isn’t making money. Most of it from Chinese factories.
Fair comments but why did Woolies have to make such a public announcement. They could like other stores that dont have profitable items just discontinue.
The irony of so many supporting this Woolies announcement, are those who criticise here, other aspects of corporatization.
Woollies has announced they are discontinuing a loss making set of products. It saves people going into the store and protesting that Woollies has done this secretly.
“Corporatization refers to the restructuring or transformation of a state-owned asset or organization into a corporation. These organizations typically have a board of directors, management, and shareholders.” I wasn’t aware that Woollies was ever state owned.
It is quite possible to criticise some aspects of how companies conduct themselves whilst understanding other aspects. They aren’t pantomime villains where you hiss at all their actions. There are aisles that I avoid because they are full of junk food, but somebody must be buying them.
There are plenty of other outlets for people to get their tat or they could make their own. Personally, as a child, I stitched my own Eureka flag. Maybe people could spend Australia Day reflecting on all aspects of our history. Nah, too busy having a barbecue and a drink with their mates. I don’t know why we bother giving most of our public holidays a name.
My argument isn't complicated. And it isn't based on what my political beliefs are. It works the same both ways.
Those people who run businesses would pretty quickly do something to put a stop to it if their staff came to work and used their job to promote their personal political beliefs by slogans on their clothes or their words and actions. Well, those in charge should realise its the same for them. Their job and the assets they are put in charge of aren't provided to them to promote their beliefs either.
Australians are smart enough to look after their own interests. They look at the product and the price and buy according to that. I doubt if many people either chose Qantas or chose to not Qantas on the basis of its former head's very obvious gender and racial political views. And I expect it'll be the same with Woolworths. But both companies threw away its shareholders and customers money by playing politics. And Woolworths is going on to repeat that mistake by throwing away more by refusing to sell a line of products for political reasons. Gain, nothing. Loss, something. Commercially, stupid. Running a business is about a commercial result, not personally feeling good.
With regard to the Voice entrenched in the Constitution? Well, there's another saying that smart people can get out of situations that wise people would have avoided getting into. A lot of smart people wanted Yes. A lot of other people who maybe weren't so smart thought it was a road that it wasn't wise to head down.
You're contradicting yourself.
On the one hand, you say:
They look at the product and the price and buy according to that. I doubt if many people either chose Qantas or chose to not Qantas on the basis of its former head's very obvious gender and racial political views. And I expect it'll be the same with Woolworths.
In other words, people do not make purchasing decisions based on the political views of CEOs.
But both companies threw away its shareholders and customers money by playing politics.
In other words, people do make purchasing decisions based on the political views of CEOs (hence, they are "throwing away money").
Which is it smart guy?
They never said it isn’t making money.
This whole process of corporate Australia pandering to the woke community is getting totally out of hand
You mean the shareholders?
Woolworths isn't selling this stuff because it's not profitable, that's it. And that's because the quiet majority just stopped buying it.
Wanna know who the screaming, self entitled people are who demand corporates do things because they think society should be one way when it's actually another? Look in the mirror. You want them to pander to you by stocking it when they would lose money.
I wonder how many people who want Woollies to keep selling this tat have bought any of it from Woollies lately? If you have did you look at the label and see the “made in China”. What on earth do you guys think you are “standing up for”? Outsourcing jobs to overseas companies to create tat that will quickly become landfill?
So do the “we mustn’t touch history” crowd want to reinstate the White Australia policy? I’m sure some of our Asian extraction contributors might object to that. Do we want the Poms to be able to go back to dropping their criminals off here as a penal colony? Any takers? Just ‘cause ideas are tenacious don’t mean that they’re worthy. The idea of history is you learn from it.
We have a public holiday for a horse race, we have one for the day before an AFL grand final. People who aren’t the slight bit interested in either will still take the public holiday off. The same with Christmas and Easter. People will have pancakes on Shrove Tuesday with no intention of observing Lent. To most people Ash Wednesday is when we have had massive bush fires. To the vast majority Public Holidays are what is being celebrated, not the nominal reasons behind them.
Can we have another Poll which includes the last time anyone bought this tat from Woollies? I suspect the vast majority haven’t bought anything lately, if at all. If they had it will be afterwards once it has been discounted heavily.
The only junk I bought from Woolies for Australia Day was some cricket gear. I'm still going to boycott them because they're a crap company and IGA is so much better. But, in true Ozbargain style I'll turn up one day a month for my 10% off Woollies shop!
I, suspect, there are better places to buy cricket gear. However your money your choice.
I love the IGA range of products but every store I’ve been in has been a tad chaotic. It is hard to find stuff as a walk in person.
We tend to also take the points into account. It has allowed us to get out of economy for most of our trip to Europe later in the year.
Crikey! Where mah gunna get me feckin stubby holda?
Probably still available at the plonk boutique.
@itsme56: That would be too sensible, but we all know it has nothing to do with customer demand or having excess stock they can't sell.