Morning Mail: Woolworths increased prices during ‘freeze’; Abbott weighs in on Hastie cartoon; and turning the algorithm off
Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Good morning. Woolworths raised prices for popular items – including a 33% mark-up on chicken fillets – within days of promising to freeze prices on 300 “family staples” for three months to help customers with the cost of living. Tony Abbott has joined in…
Woolworths increased prices on popular items, including a 33% markup on chicken fillets, shortly after committing to a three-month price freeze for 300 essential items. Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has joined critics condemning an "offensive" cartoon by One Nation, which labeled Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie a "traitor."
Southern Cryonics, the only cryonics facility in the southern hemisphere, is offering customers a "chance at life extension" for over $200,000, but experts say the procedure is impossible. Woolies countered that their pricing data, compiled by CW Scanner and provided to Guardian Australia, shows they raised the prices of at least four key products after launching their price freeze promotion.
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