They hardly discount meat that expires the same day. I went in the Tuesday after Australia Day and they had a full display section of lamb chops expiring that day. Obviously they hadn't had the Australia Day weekend lamb orders they expected.

None of the $~20 packs that I had gone there to buy were discounted more than 20c. I think they are allergic to offering actual discounts, to the point they'd rather throw out an entire display of lamb than offer them at a discount that would tempt people to change their that night dinner plans.

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If they deeply discount those things all it does is lead to customers only being willing to buy deeply discounted about to expire meat, at which point there’s no point them stocking meat because they would just be flushing money down the toilet.

Unfortunately it’s better business to discard it, and our laws basically mean they can’t even donate it once it is even a minute past the best before/expiry date.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm not suggesting deep discounts, just some discount, 10% seems reasonable. Still plenty of profit for them, not enough to move it into a different price category. Anyway poor people will eat pork which is less than half the cost of lamb

This isn't the weekly excess order. This is unsold Australia Day meat, hardly common

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

I hope someone takes them to court over spying on people with AI cameras next. That must've already happened, right?

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 2 points 1 day ago

What would you sue them for exactly? What law do you think they’ve broken?

[–] rcbrk@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I remember seeing a video of their system behind the scenes, maybe in an attempt to reassure us we're not being facial recognitioned or something -- it showed height dots walking around the store.

Hmm, so it's actually far worse.. I suppose that means gait analysis, too (≈mood/tiredness?). Combined with where you go in the store, how you pause at each display, what time of day/week, then finally correlating it with your card details and direct in your face camera at the checkout.

It's an incredibly detailed picture of who someone is.

What a lovely relationship they have with Palantir and Microsoft. I love being a participant in the genocide machine every time I feed myself. (I'm assuming Coles is still in bed with them).

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Another reason to go to IGA instead

[–] auzy1@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

No idea why someone downvoted you.

Would prefer lots of independent stores than 3 massive conglomerates

[–] auzy1@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There's no law however that protects against that though unless they record voice..

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They can record voice too. You’re on their property.

[–] auzy1@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That's incorrect in most states. Wiretapping laws generally would require that they're part of the conversation

I used to install cctv....

[–] lifeinlarkhall@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Coles kitchen butter chicken has been on a "2 for $15" special for about 4 years now 😅 I specifically remember because I was in hospital a couple of times that year and had my folks bring it in to me because the hospital food was gross. It's never been not on special 🤷‍♀️

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 points 1 day ago

Because that’s a deal, not a special.