Coles have dropped their price on selected cheese blocks by $4.40.
Source news.com.au so not sure if this is deal worthy. It's a 12 week special apparently.
Coles Light Tasty Cheddar Block 1kg and Coles Colby Cheese Block 1kg are also reduced to the same price. Coles Simply Cheddar Cheese Block 1kg is reduced from $9.90 to $9.
except wages, not a penny more
Most ages are up by >4% pa since 2021 (was 40% less under the LNP), plus you've had a generous tax reduction courtesy of previous and current govts (Labor's handout was more generous to lower/middle income earners). Some low income earners have also benefited from a Medicare threshold increase.
Problem with prices has related to inflation and "corporate greed".
Info is a bit dated but the story essentially remains the same: https://theconversation.com/underlying-australias-inflation-…
okay let me rephrase; wages not up for the most of us Except those greedy corporate bastards.
right then?
@jsvr: No. Even those on minimum rates get a rise every year with the annual Fair Work Commission reviews. Last year - with Labor's support (a significant factor) - minimim wages rose 5.75%.
https://www.fwc.gov.au/hearings-decisions/major-cases/annual…
There's plenty of information on every aspect of our economy - including wages, conditions, government concessions (increases to job seeker etc) and so on - if you want to find it.
@Igaf: lol youre one of those people. Yeah like anyone is gonna believe you, twisting the data to suit whatever agenda you are pushing.
businesses in aus are doing real bad, and that means less pay raises, anyone with a brain will agree with that, stop being in denial with your numbers and pdfs
@jsvr: What makes you think I give a fig what you believe? I was correcting your grossly ignorant comment and giving you a few clues for reference. In this age of opinionated ignorance I'm not even vaguely surprised that you prefer your own brand of naive ignorance to fact.
Don’t think this is a deal, just a price change
Price reduction ⬇️ = Save 💲
Normal price ≠ Bargain
This is quite obviousoy not their normal price.
@jv: In what world? It's a massive price drop for 3 months, something we'll certainly be taking advantage of.
@Igaf: If I can buy it for the same price every day for the next three months, it is the normal price.
@jv: This deal involves a significant price reduction off their (inflated) "normal" price, something anyone who buys the product will know. To make it easy for you, think of it as a supermarket special with a 3 month rather than 1 week discount period. Simple enough concept.
This deal involves a significant price reduction off their (inflated) "normal" price
Nah, it's just going back to what the normal price should be.
@jv: How do you know what their normal price should be? Ouija board or cheese wheel dartboard and a blindfold?
How do you know what their normal price should be?
It's any price they sell something for, for more than a couple of weeks…
@beltdrive: under your definition, everything is a 'temporary' price change.
That's not how it works…
@jv: Coles has stated it's a price reduction for 12 weeks - the implication being that the price will return to $13.90 after the duration of the deal.
This is a deal.
You believe a deal cannot be more than two weeks. Why not two weeks and a day? Why not three weeks?
Coles has stated it's a price reduction for 12 weeks
They can state whatever they like, unless it's a one week sale, then that is the normal price going forward.
After 12 weeks, they may or may not increase the price.
@beltdrive: Sales are usually one week… So after two weeks at the same price, reasonable people would consider that is the normal price.
interesting that you would say this
I've seen sales sometimes go for two weeks, but very rarely.
@jv: Congratulations to JV on another leg of their journey to 200,000 comments
"There's no substitute for quantity"
@jv: I've seen sales sometimes go for two weeks, but very rarely.
I think thats how the rug sellers get away with having 'Sale' on their shops for months and months, their tickets have a full price and a sale price. There are a few of those House shops up in Brisbane which have had sale sale sale for years and im talking at least 3 years one in particular (which finally shut its doors a few months ago.
I've seen sales sometimes go for two weeks, but very rarely.
You too huh…
Anything more than that is considered the new normal price.
Impeccable logic - for a 5th grader.
If you are finding it too hard, just wait a few years, or ask an adult.
@jv: As I've already said, it's a very simple concept, so ought to be right in your wheelhouse. Which part of the deal aren't you coping with - the 30% discount off their usual price or the generous timeframe which doesn't fit your, er, interesting timeframe.
Interesting notion. If a discount lasts longer than your prescribed 1 or 2 weeks (have you decided which it is yet so we can all set our expectations?), then it's no longer a discount.
@Igaf: So if i have never purchased the cheese before and in a week im shopping and walk past and see it, i go wow, cheese $9 and buy it, is it a bargain? NO
If i walk past the same cheese on the same day and i go wow cheese and it says $13.50 discounted to $9.50, is it a bargain? YES
So i agree with JV, its the normal price or price change.
So if i have never purchased the cheese before and in a week im shopping and walk past and see it, i go wow, cheese $9 and buy it, is it a bargain? NO
I'm a bit slow, you'll have to elaborate.So your logic is that if you've never seen or purchased a product on sale previously therefore it isn't on sale? Are you confusing value with price?
Philospophically perhaps it a Schrödinger's cat situation? For you the reality is different from someone actually informed, despite the fact that the cheese is clearly marked as a significant (~30%) discount for a limited time.
Strange world.
@Igaf: If it was a Schrödinger's cat situation, there would be no price until somebody observed it.
Price tags are too big for quantum physics…
@Igaf: if you've never seen or purchased a product on sale previously therefore it isn't on sale?
LOL now im confused. Lets try explain that again, If i see the cheese and it has $9.50 as the price tag, then its $9.50. If the price tag has $13.50 with a slash through it or the word discount and then $9.50, then yes its a discount.
I just saw the price tag at my local and there was no discount wording or anything, it was just $9.50 with down down above it, so i dont think your cat theory comes into the scenario.
Just like bananas back a few years ago, there was a storm, bananas went up then few weeks later back down, do you class that as a sale/discount, or is it just the same price?
@BatmanAU: I bought two at my local. Sign clearly stated the old and new prices, and the period of the discount.
Yes, as the quote in my reply suggested, you really are confused.
This is nothing like seasonal price fluctuations however if an outlet is offering well below the going rate then yes that's also a deal. We see such deals regularly from the Spudshed in WA.
ozNormal
Cheese is without a doubt my biggest gripe with the inflation of prices in the current year, it is consistently the most expensive product I buy that isn't meat.
Not buying EV olive oil then? :D
Servings per package: 40
Righto, more like 10 in my household!
Probably have a glut of cheese because nobody's buying it at that price
We've all had one of those situations. You got swept away one night with friends, plan something crazy, then you reflect "haha yeah that was a bit wild and ambitious ay". Like when you piggy back on an inflation crisis and double the price of a 1kg block of cheese, and then reflect like "haha yeah that was a bit cheeky of us. Swept up in the moment".
This story needs to happen with cooking oil.
How does coles tasty cheese compare with coles simply cheddar cheese?
Cheddar is the variety of cheese, “tasty” is the term to describe the age, texture and flavour.
+1 - can't believe how many people think "tasty" is a type of cheese.
It's not as mild.
Marginally but significantly more tasty imo. Eg on a scale of 1-10 basic might be a 5, tasty maybe a 6.5. Ymmv.
Was it worth the premium before the prce decrease? Not for us. Is it now? Yes.
The Simply Cheddar is also down to $9 from $9.90 I noticed. But for only $0.50 more I would grab the tasty now.
Yep, well worth a dollar or so extra.
They're both crap. Made in mega-factories according to a cut-price recipe with unknown aging. If you want a good cheddar cheese, buy one that says how long it's aged for.
Having said that, I still buy these cheap cheeses because cheese is too expensive nowadays, and they rarely have big discounts.
Aldi vintage is decent
Does cheese freeze/store at all?
not freeze… unless you are just going to use it for cooking.
you can use a vacuum sealer to extend it's best before date.
I don't think that changes the best before date. A marker might work better.
I get Costco cheese that's on the brink of the use by date and have had no trouble using it months afterwards. Cheese is a naturally aged product, and as long as it's kept clean, it'll keep maturing.
Yes, I find it freezes perfectly. I vacuum seal it in 150g-ish blocks before freezing, and defrost it in the fridge still vacuum sealed. The taste is unchanged and the texture ends up slightly crumblier but still pretty normal.
Coles: oh s### we inflated the price too much and people aren't buying our cheese anymore. Better reduce prices!
C###s
This is a decent and tasty cheese, unlike other homebrands eg Woolies, Foodland/Dakes/IGA and tasteless Devondale/Bega/Coon This is more tasty like Mainland NZ cheddar Yes noticed the price creep from $9 to 11 to 14$
It reminds me of the original Dairy Vale 2KG block made in South Australia , Myponga (30-40 yrs ago) with great taste and great melting ability due to high fat content (aka Health Animal Fat, not toxic palm/canola aka rapeseed oils)
Time to stock up!
And BTW can't find any of the Coles Simply Cheddar 1KG in 5 Coles store metro Adelaide that I've visited
The Adelaide Cheese Hunt '24 is BACK ON people !
Someone in my office cut the cheese. Maybe you can check near here?
I go to Coles only to get their Tasty Cheese. Much nicer than the Aldi or Wollies brands which have no flavour. The Colby isnt bad either.
Mee too.
Kids somehow like the Aldi one better,
Kids have thousands more taste buds than adults, which apparently makes them prefer foods at the milder/sweeter end of the spectrum in general. Counter-intuitively, kids - including mine - given early exposure to things like olives often love them.
Aldi Westacre, Coles Simply and Ww Hillview block cheddars are pretty bland taste wise.
Aldi will soon follow with $9.40
Coles screwing the hard working dairy farmers into the ground once again.
The 12 week deal kicking off from Wednesday is fully funded by Coles to ensure dairy farmers are not out of pocket.
nooo, b-b-b-but colesworth bad :( duopoly :(
Except they are not really a duopoly, since about 99% of all corporations worldwide have shareholding by Vanguard Blackrock StateStreet etc and Vanguard has a large holding in Blackrock, and Vanguard is majority privately owned by undisclosed shareholders aka the globalists
This is what they preach to the consumer. It is not what is happening in relality. The duopology, but particulary Coles, has completely destroyed the dairy industry.
That might be true but doesn't appear they are screwing anyone with this deal unless you know something we don't.
It is not what is happening in relality
source
Nah mate, we make plenty, media just make out we don't. My family still has an active diary farm for many moons 70+ years (even have one on my place that I've shutdown).
They are rolling and have for many generations.
Saw a headline but thought this was just the basic bitch cheddar block. It being the actual block has excited my lactose intolerant tastebuds :D
Def worth paying the extra 50¢.
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Thought the "Coles Simply Cheese" or whatever they call it was the $9.50 - i.e. only going down 40¢ lol. Seems a trick out of both News and Coles' books.
Glad to know it's the cheese actually worth buying that's gone down even if it's only short term.
Title needs to be changed to '$9.50 (was $6.90)'.
Which version taste the best?
2.8
Where's the Cheese? Get the Cheese to Sickbay!
"Tasty Cheese"? How tasty is it comparing to other cheese?
As others have said it's the best of the no name brands by a long shot
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/15555974/redir
I hadn't bought a 1kg block of cheese in quite a long time and recently was absolutely gobsmacked that Coles & Woolies wanted $13.90 for their crappy own label brand.
I remember them being $9-10 at most.
The supermarkets are completely taking the piss.
This is a great deal for people wanting a different variety other than Tasty Cheddar. While Woolies and Coles has a cheap cheddar 1 kg block, only Coles offers a 1 kg in Colby and Light Cheddar. This discount brings these varirites ti just 50 cents more so may be worth a try if you want to taste a different type of cheese.
Thanks OP for posting.
in our family the order goes
Coles Tasty (under $10)
Aldi Tasty
Coles Cheddar (under $10, i like the creamy texture and light flavor, but its hard to cut)
Coles tasty ($14)
What is the hype.
Coles Simply Cheddar Cheese Block | 1kg has been $9:00 for yonks.
Have had no taste issues unless although if was frozen it is a bit flaky.
I will try the $10 option once at least for an objective comparison.
I only use the colby or mozzarella (other than feta) so this is a great price reduction in comparison to my recent visit to costco finding mozzarella i yhink like 2.7kg for $23 (or about that) but i just cant see myself buying a membership as my local docklands store will close…not worth travelling imo so coles wins
I went to Coles specially to get this cheese. Gonna try it in a moment. How do we know all the rave review comments aren't paid for by Coles? Not meaning any offence I'm just curious
For the more expensive items (coffee, mayonnaise), we buy in bulk when they are 50% off.
Your catalogue is your friend.