Woolworths Misleads Customers Again Proof They Make More Then 30 Cents Per Customer

how much do you pay for one can of coke?

did you get it cold or warm of the shelf ?

did you order online thru website or express app?

did you purchase from woolworths supermarket or woolworths express petrol station or woolworths metro ?

was there any other discounts such as savings from your insurance or everyday rewards ?

did you purchase rural or city ?

13 different prices for one can of coke from one company is misleading and confusing and deliberate.
if I was to purchase the cheapest single can of coke warm with discount from city not delivered they make 30 cents. so what happens when i buy the expensive not on special from petrol station cold or delivered thru express mobile app and no rewards? they clearly make more then 30 cents then . keep in mind that cheap takeaway food places can buy a box of cans and still sell them individually and make a profit. so why so many price options ? because if they are able to sell it at the highest price they know people will pay that much meaning they can justify putting prices up . they have all sorts of software to calculate what price they set and its based on getting the most profit not how to sell cheap the software is made to increase profit not make things cheaper . they have a list of what software they use and its easy to look up a little research shows that they are made to get the most of of an item not how to sell for the least . so with one single can of coke and listing all prices from woolworths not just the cheapest supermarket special price they show the inquiry or government it is easy to see how much one item can change in price with a $4.95 difference in price from cheapest to most expensive .
so if i buy the expensive can they make $4.65 clearly more then 30 cents . so we average it out with more customers and still they make more then 30cents of one item . woolworths claim to only make 30 cents per customer if we all only go in to buy one can of coke they make more then 30 cents of each customer . we all go shopping to buy multiple items not just one can of coke, so what about the rest of my shopping did they loose on everything else to make 30 cents of of my one can of coke ? or is the math wrong? more needs to be done to stop this abuse of power and lies. if everyone is able to comment on prices of a can of coke from woolworths and make a list it would show how much this needs to be fixed it would show how much they have lied to Australians. most people only see 2-3 prices for a can of coke from woolworths I see 13. one product 13 prices from one company needs to be looked at and fixed so this does not happen. one company raised the price of coke because the express mobile app was selling one can at a much higher price so they were able to inflate prices because demand says people will pay more. so the cheapest cans of coke went up in price because the numbers showed people are willing to pay more for the same product . this is just one company and one product and it affects inflation on everything else if they can justify one increase they can justify more . the cost of living crisis is an Artificial intelligence pricing crisis to be more accurate. if every giant company uses these programs to maximize profits and never use any program or software to decrease prices it only grows worse and inflates more. there is no deflation on prices .

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Comments

  • +69

    Hi, and thanks for joining OzBargain
    Franco Cozzo will be right with you to join you on your supermarket tirade

    • +22

      O.P. has been a member for just long enough for that cold can of Coke to be at room temperature now.

      • +1

        Does that make it a 30 cent profit or higher than then that?

        • +2

          OP is now out of pocket with overpriced, warm Coke.
          To Quote Fanta Face,"So sad."

      • +4

        Came here looking for the…

        I'd like to buy a capital letter Burgo

        comment.

        Left disappointed

        • +7

          Wall of unpunctuated text; Burgo didn't have enough capitals for that.

    • +7

      Franco Cozzo

      press F to pay respect

      (Both the IRL one and the ozbargain one)

      • I didn't notice they'd been binned - do we know what it was for? Spamming Tucker Carson videos in response to every comment in their field of view?

        • +3

          Found it

          Personal attacks

          • @spackbace: I mean, they made personal attacks daily, and were insufferable when they weren't.

            Way too deep in alt right propaganda to participate in polite society. It's for the best.

        • +2

          im going to assume it was probably this interaction with Clear, based on the comments after the unpublished comment thread here

          edit @spackbace beat me to it

          • +1

            @Jimothy Wongingtons: Hilarious and true to form that they chose a polite/correct factual comment to arc up about and slap the nuke button repeatedly.

      • +5

        Plot twist.

        OP is franco cozzo alt account.

      • Franco Cozzo has a similar talking style to jv. potential alt? lol

      • +1

        judging by OP's capitalisation, they would be pressing f to pay respect

    • +1

      My 1st and last TED talk.

    • Ripped the wrong eye out mate?

    • Don't tell him about any price errors or he will cal the retailer to notify them :p

  • +29

    tl;dr version - Woolworths can make more than 30 cents from a can of coke.

    • +7

      tl;dr version 2 - WW rips us off

      • tl;dr 3 - World is round

        • +2

          I'd wager OP is a flat-earther…

    • +3

      The inquiry highlights the complexity and inconsistency in pricing strategies for a single can of coke at Woolworths, suggesting deliberate manipulation through various channels, such as temperature, location, discounts, and rewards, ultimately leading to potential inflation and a call for transparency and regulation in pricing practices.

      • +4

        deliberate manipulation through various channels, such as temperature, location, discounts, and rewards

        Yes they all impact the price you pay.

        Want it cold? You need to cover the fridge cost.

        Want it at 3am? You need to cover overtime costs.

        It's how pricing works.

        Just look at petrol. All the things you mentioned impact what you pay for a litre of petrol.
        Plus petrol is also impacted by the day of the week / petrol cycle you buy in.

      • The Bing AI thing said the same thing when I dumped the OPs rant into it but it is longer and waffled on a lot.

        I’m sorry, but I am not capable of providing you with the exact price of a single can of Coke from Woolworths. However, I can tell you that Woolworths offers a variety of Coca-Cola products at different prices, depending on the size, quantity, and location of purchase. For instance, a 375ml can of Coca-Cola Classic costs $2.25 at Woolworths supermarkets1. The prices of Coca-Cola products may vary depending on the location of purchase, whether it is a supermarket or petrol station, and whether it is purchased online or in-store. Additionally, Woolworths offers discounts to its Everyday Rewards members on selected Coca-Cola products2.

        It is true that the prices of Coca-Cola products can vary significantly, and this can be confusing for customers. The prices are determined by various factors, including the cost of production, transportation, and marketing, as well as the demand for the product. The prices are also influenced by the competition in the market, as well as the pricing strategies of the retailers.

        While it is true that retailers use software to determine the prices of their products, the software is designed to optimize the profits of the retailers, rather than to provide the lowest prices to the customers. However, the prices of Coca-Cola products are subject to regulation by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), which ensures that the prices are fair and reasonable for the customers3.

        I hope this information helps you. Let me know if you have any other questions.

      • -1

        @modais02: Have you considered “Container Deposit Scheme” might be the one of the reasons.

        Woolworths shopper 'penalised' with price hike for surprising reason

        Customers fume as Coles raises prices after recycling scheme begins

        Rising beverage prices dampen enthusiasm for container deposit scheme

        Soft drink price rise directly linked to new Victorian container recycling scheme

        The hidden costs behind Victoria’s new container deposit scheme

  • +37

    Another newbie fails to comprehend markup vs profit, marginal vs average, etc etc. What a pointless ramble.

    • This

    • The wall of text is just someone's socialism bot.

  • +7

    I hope you aren’t accusing a business of using price discrimination to maximise their profit! Unheard of!

  • +3

    So what?

    Who are you to dictate how much a company can make? Nestle owns Milo. Are they not allowed to change the price of their product depending on where they are sold?

  • +1

    TLDR: OP took off his tinfoil hat.

  • +28

    At least ozbargain doesn't charge for extra paragraphs. You should take advantage of that.

    • +1

      See that's where they get you. You'll be so use to typing out paragraphs, when they introduce a fee on capital letters you'll be too far gone to go back to unpunctuated ramblings.

  • +5

    in OPs paragraph, he have wrote:

    Number of dots: 23
    Number of question marks: 10
    Number of commas: 1

    actually not as bad as it seems.

    • +4

      Number of points made: 1

      • +16

        useful points made: 0

    • +3

      saved a lot of wear and tear on their 'enter' key

      • minimal markup on punctuation and capitalisation helps reduce outlay which is helpful in terms of per post cost minimisation something all purveyors of artificial general intelligence are very keen about especially the op after drinking 99 cans of coke purchased at up to 100x the street price nationally given the cost of inflation and the need to pay for 24x7 surveillance and data collection, real-time analysis and manipulation to generate dynamically provided search results and media to target each citizen based on their activity and predicted thinking not to mention the cost of politically dividing cohorts along every cultural racial political bias additional to the campaign costs of multiple wars and anti-human anti-mother-nature government activity being carried out on behalf of nations of people without their support globally and maximise shareholder return for colesworth investors

  • My local non-profit, member owned food co-op takes a different pricing approach. You should come by and shop there, or get together with some others and start your own.
    Demanding a for profit business does things your way isn’t going to work.

  • +12

    Don't listen to them, you have a great idea.

    Buy 5-6 blank exercise books from Coles, then fill them in daily with the prices of Coca cola cans from various Woolworths stores (both by state, online and metro offshoots). I'd expect at least 30-40 price points per day to really make your point. It'll take some time, but it'll be worth it in the end.

    Come back to us in a couple of years when all the books are full and we can go from there with the next exciting stage of the plan.

  • +10

    In other news.

    OP finds out the cost to supply the same good is dependent on the logistics, time and energy input into that good arriving in the consumers hand.

    • +4

      But… But… Paying a delivery person is clearly a Woolworths scam. We must rise up!

  • express mobile app

    Probably more in the express plus mobile app market demographic if you have the time spare to post the above…

  • -2

    Woolies sells coke? Is this the Banducci cartel?

  • +14

    "Hey ChatGPT, make this wall of text readable please."

    • +14

      chatgpt: deletes self

    • +13

      The post discusses the varying prices of a single can of Coke sold by Woolworths, detailing factors such as temperature (cold or warm), purchasing platform (online or in-store), location (rural or city), and potential discounts. It argues that Woolworths employs pricing strategies to maximize profit rather than offering consistent or fair prices. The author suggests that the multitude of price options is misleading and serves the company's profit motives, with software algorithms used to determine pricing aimed at increasing profits rather than reducing costs. The post emphasizes the need for transparency and regulation to address what is seen as price manipulation and inflation caused by such pricing practices, framing it as a broader issue affecting the cost of living.

    • Not ChatGPT, just an MS Word review of the text.
      https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/14907416/redir

    • Came to post this but you've already asked - let's see how mine compares to others.

      The forum post discusses the various prices of a single can of Coke sold by Woolworths, ranging from warm to cold, purchased online or in-store, with or without discounts, in rural or city areas. The poster argues that Woolworths employs pricing strategies to maximize profits, citing 13 different price options for one product as misleading and indicative of deliberate manipulation. They highlight how the pricing software used by companies prioritizes profit over affordability, potentially leading to inflationary pressures and contributing to the overall cost of living crisis. They advocate for greater transparency and regulation to address what they perceive as an abuse of power and pricing discrepancies.

  • +7

    There isn't enough Coke in the world from Woolworths (or elsewhere) to make that wall of text bearable.

  • -1

    Valuable Insight

  • +2

    TL;DR

  • +3

    Hi. What claim made by Woolworths is misleading?

    • +1

      That they support Australia Day

      • +3

        Working under the logic that you need to sell Australia Day merchandise to support Australia Day, as a clear supporter of Australia Day yourself jv, how many Australian flags did you sell on that day?

        • +3

          how many Australian flags did you sell on that day?

          I bought some from Coles.

          • +1

            @jv: Alright, so I guess you sold a negative number of Australia flags

            Which was even less that Woolworths did

            So they actually support Australia Day more than you did

            • +2

              @Crow K:

              So they actually support Australia Day more than you did

              No, I celebrated Australia Day, they didn't…

              • @jv: Yeah, and we are back to the logic that selling Australia Day merchandise is celebrating/supporting it.

                Goto top of comment thread, do not pass GO, do not collect $200.

                • +1

                  @Crow K:

                  logic that selling Australia Day merchandise is celebrating/supporting it.

                  Coles supported it.

                  In return, they got a monopoly on my shopping all of January…

                  • +1

                    @jv: You sound exactly like my "go woke, go broke, can't make jokes about anything anymore" uncle on Facebook (who made a similar comment about cancelling his home delivery order with them)

                    Have you (also) come up with any hot takes on Ripcurl in the last 48 hours?

                    Guy's never surfed in his life, but he's suddenly very vocal about the company (which he is now boycotting)

                    • +1

                      @Crow K:

                      You sound exactly like

                      I sound like myself.

                      • +4

                        @jv: (Gif of all the Buzz Lightyear toys on the shelf)

                        • +1

                          @Crow K: more like Futurama Robot I believe what I was programmed to believe!

      • Oh god, hasn't this nonsense been parked until 2025 yet?

  • +3

    Hi Coles representative

  • +1

    as someone who worked at woolies between 2004 and 2016
    Your so lucky these days

    We had 36 packs (occasionally) and had 30 packs, 24 packs, 18 packs, 6 packs, individual cans (fell out of a box), 200-250mL cans in the fridge, sometimes the bulk packs had three different prices, eg. buy one for $12, two for $23 and three for $30 and any more add $10 making the price per can different based on the amount

    so in the store a can can be
    30 can price
    24 can price
    18 can price or 18 can special single price
    18 can two price (36 cans)
    18 can three price (54 cans)
    18 can three price + another case price up to the limit (n) (72 cans and more)
    Six can price
    Single can price
    then
    woolies petrol single can price
    woolies petrol two can offer price
    big w price (for the cans they sell)
    big w vending machine price (some had a vending machine at the front of the store)
    some liquor places had their own pricing too

  • +4

    @Muzeeb Here's an attempt to edit the post.

    How much do you pay for one can of Coke?
    Did you get it cold or warm of the shelf?
    Did you order online thru website or express app?
    Did you purchase from Woolworths supermarket or Woolworths express petrol station or Woolworth’s Metro?
    Was there any other discounts such as savings from your insurance or everyday rewards?
    Did you purchase rural or city?
    Thirteen different prices for one can of Coke from one company is misleading and confusing and deliberate.

    If I was to purchase the cheapest single can of Coke warm, with discount, from city, not delivered, they make 30 cents. So what happens when I buy the expensive, not on special, from petrol station, cold or delivered thru express mobile app and no rewards? They clearly make more than 30 cents then. Keep in mind that cheap takeaway food places can buy a box of cans and still sell them individually and make a profit.

    So why so many price options? Because if they are able to sell it at the highest price they know people will pay that much meaning they can justify putting prices up.

    They have all sorts of software to calculate what price they set and it’s based on getting the most profit, not how to sell cheap. The software is made to increase profit, not make things cheaper. They have a list of what software they use and it’s easy to look up a little research shows that they are made to get the most of an item not how to sell for the least.

    With one single can of Coke and listing all prices from Woolworths, not just the cheapest supermarket special price, they show the inquiry or government it is easy to see how much one item can change in price with a $4.95 difference in price from cheapest to most expensive.
    So if I buy the expensive can, they make $4.65; clearly more than 30 cents. So we average it out with more customers and still they make more than 30cents from one item. Woolworths claim to only make 30 cents per customer. If we all only go in to buy one can of Coke they make more than 30 cents from each customer.

    We all go shopping to buy multiple items, not just one can of Coke, so what about the rest of my shopping did they lose on everything else to make 30 cents of my one can of Coke? Or is the math wrong?

    More needs to be done to stop this abuse of power and lies. If everyone is able to comment on prices of a can of Coke from Woolworths and make a list it would show how much this needs to be fixed it would show how much they have lied to Australians. Most people only see 2-3 prices for a can of Coke from Woolworths, but I see 13. One product -13 prices from one company. This needs to be looked at and fixed so this does not happen.

    One company raised the price of Coke because the express mobile app was selling one can at a much higher price so they were able to inflate prices because demand says people will pay more. So the cheapest cans of Coke went up in price because the numbers showed people are willing to pay more for the same product.

    This is just one company and one product. It affects inflation on everything else if they can justify one increase they can justify more. The cost of living crisis is an artificial intelligence pricing crisis to be more accurate. If every giant company uses these programs to maximize profits and never use any program or software to decrease prices it only grows worse and inflates more. There is no deflation on prices.

    • +2

      That makes more sense. Cheers

    • +2

      Why won't anyone think of the shareholders?

    • +1

      i hope u got ai to automate this for you and not do that by hand… if the latter..i am so sorry you had to do this

      • +1

        Just MS Word grammar/spelling check. Probably should have put the results through Grammarly as well.

    • +4

      I prefer the Jack Keouac style of OPs original post. You can almost smell the dregs of the red bull can that fueled it.

  • -2

    how much do you pay for one can of coke?

    20 cents

    I make my own…

  • +5

    https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/34691/coca…

    now out of stock… now look what you done…

  • +2

    Here's a tip to beat Woolworths at their own game:

    • Grab the cheapest cola off the shelves
    • Put in freezer while shopping
    • Take before leaving
    • Pay cheaper price
    • Here's a better tip to beat Woolworths at their own game, and be a Top G Ozbargainer

      • Grab the cheapest cola off the shelves @ Aldi ($1.15 vs $1.20, a 5c saving)
      • Put in freezer while shopping
      • Take before leaving
      • Pay cheaper price (@ Aldi)
      • +2

        Or forget it. Then realise at midnight and feel really bad for the staff cleaning the freezer in the AM.

  • +7

    Solution: drink water instead. Much better value for the money.

    • +6

      Water? You mean like in the toilet?

      • +4

        But Brawndo's got what plants crave

        • Brawndo goes in face, then toilet.

      • Toilets are cleaned on a strict schedule… public water fountains…
        I advise you not to look into it.

  • +1

    Use your money to buy some punctuation.

  • +1

    Could be time for a lie down, friend. Three days on the glass barbecue is too long

  • +1

    I buy aldi cola 1.25ltr for $1.15.

    • I did too until they followed the rest of the Supermarket giants and upped it from 75c to 85c (I think) and then to $1.15.
      Now I buy the 2 for $3 LA Ice 2L Bottles @ Coles when I need a mixer for alcohol, it ultimately lasts longer and is slightly cheaper (when that deal is available, it's usually available every second week)

  • +2

    i prefer coke zero
    can we get a post on the profit margins of that please op

  • +6

    Member Since
    3 hours 9 min ago

    OP, I think you need to put the Coke aside and focus on learning about Grammar, Punctuation, Paragraphs and Sentences

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