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We don't have Wal-Mart in Australia, and to be honest, if Wal-Mart came here, it would have the same success a certain American coffee chain had.
Costco is here and does well
Accuming you're referencing starbux, there's one in the city and it seems to be doing pretty good. But yeah, didn't work out to well when they put it in suburbia
Lmao, I just made that comment on another video.... how a certain 'coffee' chain (can't call it coffee, it's just sugar and syrups) failed in Australia..... we don't do that crap :D
Idk. Costco is doing well. I thought Starbies went ok
In saying that though my closest one is in Penrith, I think and I’m in Bathurst, 2 1/2 hours away.
@@shadowkyber2510 there are seven in Melbourne cbd alone. Three alone on Swanston street, with a couple others very close by. All up Victoria has 19 locations, 23 in NSW and 24 in QLD. Every one I've been to seems to do good business.
I'm 100% loyal to whichever one has the best specials 😊
Me too!
For me it's whichever is closest to my house. Or inbetween work and home.
3:42 - Thats no Brocolli. That's Brocollini. It's a similar but different species. It has a longer stem and smaller florets, and is a little sweeter than Brocolli. The entire thing is edible and is overall nicer than typical Brocolli, though it is pricier.
4:24 - In Coles, as in Woolworths, they have 2 shopping cart/trolley sizes. They are using a shallow one - there is a deep one as well. They also have a few specialty ones, such as ones that hook on to wheelchairs and ones that have baby seats.
7:03 - Milo is typically sold as a chocolate powder, but they also have milo branded cereals and muesli bars and the like. She is selecting a Milo branded cereal.
8:26 - No, we don't have Walmart. The two big supermarkets in Australia are Coles and Woolworths. We do have Target, but it is different from the USA and doesn't sell food. We also have Costco, but they aren't widespread. The other main supermarkets are Aldi and IGA, though they are typically smaller and are not as widespread as Coles and Woolworths.
Same species, selectively breed over millennia. Broccoli, broccolini, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, brussels sprouts, collard greens, and kohlrabi are all the same species, Brassica oleracea.
@@sydneypedestrian9126I learnt something today thanks mate
Brocolli stems are edible too. I cut across them so they look like sliced carrots and cook them with the rest.
Oops Broccoli 🥦
brocollini or "baby broccoli" it's often getting tagged at at one of the 2 now too, can't remember which one. I believe it's actually an Aussie invention, farmers here somehow managed to crossbreed brocoli with something else to create that, there's actually quite a few similar Aussie inventions, changing colour, shape & taste, I remember watching a story about it on Landline many years ago
I don't hate Coles. Shop there all the time. 🤷♂️
Sucker.
Woolworths is better
@@AussieTrainsFilms 🧢
Me too
Shoppers are encouraged to bring their own bags to bag their shopping. As it goes through checkout it is then placed into your bags even if not using self checkout. Nearly all states in Australia have banned single use plastic bags and in the next few weeks Woolworths are phasing out the fruit and vege plastic bags. You either purchase mesh bags or bring your own
They’ve been banned in the west for years but I’ve been taking my own bags for over 20 years, so it wasn’t a big deal.
Yes they are going to ban single use bags-but almost every item in these stores is packed in effin plastic!!!!
@@jeffkeeley4594 There’s alternatives to disposable plastic. Convenience is killing our planet. We all need to shop smarter.
Oh my…that’s us! Your comments crack me up! I didn’t know how others see it but thank you for sharing your thoughts and viewing our video. 😅😊 Also loving all the comments in your comment section, lots of good and helpful information on how we do it here in Oz. 😊
Just to clarify a few things, because I know you like to get things correct. :)
1. It's pronounced Wool-worths not Wools-worth.
2. We don't hate Coles or Woolworths, we just like to support smaller supermarkets as well.
3. The Coles they visited was part of a shopping centre, and the "picnic tables" are supplied by the shopping centre as a service to customers to sit and chill.
4. There are several different size shopping trolleys. We have the ones shown in the video and we also have the deeper ones that you would be used to. Some even have baby seats attached to them, or a drink bottle holder.
5. In Australia, it is illegal to show a price as a reduction if it is wasn't being sold for the full price recently. i.e. if it says 25% off, and the price is now $3, then it had to have been selling for $4 just prior to the sale (I don't know exactly how recently, but fairly recently)
Speak for yourself, most people hate Coles and Woolworths after it came out that they made extra billions by raising prices to increase their profits and falsely blamed the price rise on suppliers.
lol@@navs485
Preach @navs485. Some of us hate Coles and Woolworths with multiple very good reasons. We don't need Walmart. Coles and Woolies already fuck over their workers.
Ppl who hate them just don't understand capitalism. It's funny how it's all OK when it suits us hey?
@@navs485
Actually..............
The price rise is based on suppliers and transport, the "end level" gouging however is to maintain margins (which in most cases are slimmer than joe public may wish to believe) Coles and Woolies are still making an aggregated 10-15 % mark up, but compare that to furniture where the industry standard is 100%, or booze where it sits at around 20-25%. (on average, a case of beer gets a bottle shop virtually nothing, trust me)
Prices in grocery stores HAVE jumped some 40-60% in the last few years, but their margins have not.
What REALLY needs to be addressed is INFLATION. The basic cost of living is being far outstripped by the median wage. Where I would hold the grocery chains to the fire is moves where they give employees a 3hr 45 minute shifts PURELY so they don't have to pay the required 15 minute break for a 4 hour shift. Yet those employees are supposed to grin and take it while people who have no clue berate them on a constant basis.
Just so people are aware, your average Coles or Woolies employee are paid roughly 24 dollars an hour, are given 10-15 hour rosters but are expected to work at the drop of a hat (with no overtime or loading because the SDA is about as useful as a 3rd nipple and it's BUILT into the contracts) meaning your average supermarket worker makes around HALF the national wage.
They would be better severed taking care of your literal shit than putting up with your shit.
Think about that next time you go shopping and blame the staff.
Ryan doesn’t read the comments but if he ever did I’m sure he would learn a thing or two to clarify things 😂
just like his bro allegedly.
Ryan doesn't read the comments? WTH?
Yanks simply can't read.
It's so frustrating. He was practically popping a vein watching people put the wrong kind of jam on a PBJ and I was, like, now you know how we feel when we are yelling at the screen. 😂
I stopped subbing and liking Ryan’s videos for this exact reason. He has no interaction with his subscribers and no real desire to actually learn anything from peoples comments.
It's pronounced "Wool-worths" or Aussies call it Woolies
Don’t bother, he never reads the comments
Or Safeway
Good old Woolies!
Most Coles and Woolworths are part of a bigger shopping centre where there are also cafe’s, coffee shops and bakeries. That’s why there are tables and seats available outdoors as well as indoors
Those french fries are crisps👍 They're really skinny, plain salt - so yummy 🤤 We also have 2 trolley sizes, the shallow trolley for a small shop & a deeper one with a child's seat on the front for a family shop - plus hand baskets for just a few items. We don't use plastic bags anymore either - except for produce. I shop at both Coles & Woolies - nothing wrong with Coles 🤷♀️
Coles and Woolies are the biggest grocery store chains, and are pretty similar. I'd say Coles has the better in-store baked items, but not all Coles stores have one. And I'd say Woolies usually has better variety in fruit & veg, though that varies from store to store. They each tend to have slightly different deals with major brands (eg they may sell products from the same brands, but in different sizes). We don't really hate them, but the way they squeeze their suppliers can be questionable. We go there because they have a bigger variety, or more convenient delivery options or car parking etc, even though we know we're paying for it.
In Australia we have a choice at the front of the store… We can either select a normal large trolley that goes all the way to the floor, a very small trolley if we only need to get a few things, or A basket👍🏻(sounds like you haven’t got much of a choice there in the US)
Pronunciation
👉🏻Wool👉🏻Worths
👉🏻 Woolworths
Cool reaction mate
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3:32
In the self-serve check-out area, there is at least one staff member making sure that no-one is doing anything dodgy. They are also there to help when something goes wrong (which is often). Carts are trolleys in Australia and trundlers in New Zealand.
Our closest supermarket is Coles and I really don't find it much different to Woolies, which I've also shopped at. They do have deep trollies but they're just using a shallow one, which is all you need for a modest amount of groceries (eg for two or three people). That's baby broccoli. It's different to normal full size broccoli and convenient for steaming. We do not have WalMart here.
Maybe it's just where I live, but I tend to find Coles more expensive than Woolies (still grossly expensive either way), and Woolies definitely have fresher produce than Coles. Also the self-checkouts here have those annoying overhead security cameras that 'require assistance' over every bloody thing (especially at Woolworths).
@@Erizedd Depends on what you buy, I find coles much cheaper than woolies. Produce probably starts out equally fresh, but coles have the stupid ice beds that half freeze the produce that damages it's cell structure & causes it to break down super fast, while woolies store stuff properly, therefore it lasts MUCH longer.
Online fruit & veggies not in 1kg or whatever sized pre-packs is where coles is less than half the price of woolies, but the way woolies have the pricing set up, most people don't realise how badly they're being ripped off
It's not baby broccoli it's broccolini
@@joannehocking4121 it's sold as baby broccoli at coles now. Used to be called broccolini, but they changed the name
We do two different sizes; this is a medium trolley is convenient for a small shop up but you're getting too much for a hand basket. Wow! She must be in the city. some of the things that she bought aren't the prices here in in my local. Plastic bags are the enemy of the state and most stores including Coles are going back to paper or BYO bags.
Even in our village of 2000 people, we have 3 trolley sizes
Upper Mount Gravatt is in Brisbane and is a major suburb
Yes, the good old paper bag which used to be free and now you have to pay for it. It's all about saving the environment they say, these people should go bag 60 odd years and they might learn something.
With Australian grocery shopping, for decades we have mostly had a duopoly, a monopoly with two major players, Coles and Woolworths, and a few minor competitors. However, this has broken up a little since Aldi came on the scene here.
We don't have to stock up for the winter. Usually, we do weekly or fortnightly shops. Our pantries are tiny, Cellars are not a thing here. Love your content, thanks, mate. Hope you get to Australia one day.
Re banana's it depends on the variety. Those that she picked up were Cavendish which is the stand bananas.
We do have deeper carts but the shallow ones are good for a quick shop or for people with disabilities. The "picnic chairs" are there for people to sit. Before my grandad passed away, my nana would sit him there, go and shop and then get him when she was finished. He didn't have to walk around the whole shop with her and he wasn't left at home alone.
And if you self check out your face is now photographed. Each item has a weight and if you don't put the exact item on the side the checkout stops working and you have to call an employee over to fix it. It really sucks when it's something light
We say trolley, not cart 🙂 We have two shopping trolley sizes, so if you're not buying much, you don't have to push a huge one around. That Coles store was really quiet. She must have been shopping at 9.30pm or something. BTW, it's Woolworths with one 's' at the end, not Woolsworth 😊
in Australia you have your two choice of shopping carts,the traditional shopping cart which you would be more familiar with and the smaller cart as seen in the video.
I actually like self checkout, it's faster to get out and I can pack my bags properly, and not do dumb things like pile heavy stuff on top of eggs
So you enjoy taking peoples' jobs then?
I am tempted to do my own version of what it is like to go down the street in Australia. This video didn't show many of our unique brands or items
Oh my goodness, this is my local Coles! It’s in The Village (Brissy), yeah this one is one of the smaller stores in the area. It lacks the fresh bakery and deli section. Everything is pre packed at this store.
In Australia we are incouraged to bring our own shopping bags and most of us do and also use those blue zipped insulated bags for cold and frozen goods.
The "tall broccoli" is called Broccolini. It's different to broccoli. We have two types of trolleys in supermarkets. We have the short ones like in this video... and there are the more standard deep ones. If both are available, you just get the one that suits you and your shopping best.
That big white bottle you couldn't see properly at the start of the aisles section at the bottom of the shelf is a bottle of Australia Plain Aloe Vera juice. Source: I worked at Coles for 11 years
They banned free plastic bags...then made you buy plastic bags that are thicker, so now we use a hodgepodge of random bags from several shops.
We also used to use the shopping bags as garbage bags once empty but now we need to buy garbage bags for garbage bags...so they got it over us twice.
Omg I got about 10 seconds in, enough for you to say you wish to be able at some stage to shop at Coles and literally yelled out WHYYYYYYY while cracking up laughing here.
I’ll now continue to watch.
hello from
Perth, Western Australia.
We did a shop at Coles 4 days ago using the same size trolley and that was $228. Not hard to get the price up there. Something a person has to watch with Coles is when they have 2 sizes of a product and the large can be worse value than buying 2 of the small size.
I always check the "Price per ..." amount on the price label on the shelf, to make sure I'm getting the best value.
Don’t confuse “the subset of people’s who are apt to get on a subreddit and complain about something” with “the average Australian”.
Not that they are necessarily wrong about coles and woolies but most of us don’t think about it enough to manage “hate”.
we don't have plastic shopping bags in Australia, you can buy paper bags at the grocery stores but they pretty much break if you put anything heavy in it. So in Australia we're pretty much used to bringing out own reusable bags to do grocery shopping.
Australia also no longer sell disposable plastic cutlery, cups, plates and bowls.
There are people at the self-serve registers that watch what you are doing so they know, and also the machine itself has cameras in it, and they weigh your items a lot of them
On another note, the Milo cereal was like normal cereal, not sure where you got the chip impression from. This Coles was at a shopping centre and likely had restaurants around which is why you see those tables outside.
I think he was referring to the white cereal, they do sort of look like chips if you don't know what you're looking at.
@@utha2665 I guess, but the Duo label implies two different types of cereal.
Ryan, just say coles and woolies. Thats broccolini not broccoli. They are different. I use the Louisiana sausages for my sausage rolls
Broccoli and "broccolini" is the same thing lol
There's usually cafes or bakeries next to grocery stores where I live so the tables are probably for them. It's like that where I shop and she lives like a hour or two away from me. I don't hate Coles but the inflation is no joke and I wish I could get more local produce in supermarket chains like in the UK, local to my area not just Australia I mean.
I could imagine a Louisiana Sausage being just alligator squirrel and shotgun pellets
The long stemmed broccoli is broccolini, The stems are tender and eaten. Sometimes it is labelled as baby broccoli. Fully grown broccoli has a much thicker stem and looks like a tree. It is possible to buy it trimmed in a bag but it costs more.This lady is buying a lot of processed packaged food. Coles and Woolworths dominate the grocery market around Australia. Currently they are both advertising reduced prices. There are no plastic shopping bags in Australia so everyone brings their own, usually sturdy, thermal bags with zippers, which are on sale at all check outs.
Funny you should call that trolley convenient, I work at Coles and they are called convenience trolleys which are 70L, they still have larger trolleys which are 212L which you would be more like what you are referring to.
I shop between Coles and Woollies every week without fail and the determining factor that decides which one is what entrance I take to the shopping centre and how close can I score a carpark. As they're on opposite sides of the centre, Cannon Hill Kmart Plaza for those that know Brisbane.
we have 'full sized' trolleys as well. that size she shows is a newer thing (last 10-15 years) they are very handy when you are doing a smaller shop. they are still not as big as 'USA' size 'shopping carts'. the ones at Costco are much larger. we tend to not buy stuff in as bigger sizes like the USA, our fridges tend to be smaller, larger than the average European fridge, but not nearly as big as American fridges.
With the half price thing, Here in Australia you can't have 'year round sales' so if it says its 'half price' it is half their normal everyday price. they are also not supposed to be able to jack the price up the week before a 'sale' to make it look like a saving, but that does not stop some places from doing it.
those sales stickers will also have the saving and the original price on them.
also for groceries all of the price tags on the shelves have to have unit prices on them, so you know how much you are paying by the weight or volume. that way you can easily see what the better deal is without doing the math on different sized products.
that coles is probably in a shopping centre. or a 'town centre' of sorts, so its pretty common to have seating and stuff, there are probably a few cafe's and food shops around as well. we don't have any wear near as much of a 'sprawling' problem that the USA does, although some areas are kind of like that.
shops tend to all be in a single area and share things like carparks. its not uncommon to have both a coles and a woolies near each other with maybe a target or something in between and a bunch of coffee shops or sushi places around them.
we also don't really have places like 'Walmart' where everything is under one roof, you want bed sheets, clothes, kids toys and toasters, go to Kmart or Target, want groceries, go to Coles, Woolworths, IGA or Aldi (if you are lucky enough to have one in your state)
The amazing thing about recycling rules & avoiding "plastic" bags for purchases is almost every piece of meat is in a vacuum sealed "plastic" bag. The pre-made salads are in plastic bags, the loose fruit & veggies have plastic bags to put them in, the deli section puts your order in a plastic bag & then wraps this in paper. Most stores have give-aways for children (if you spend over $30) & these toys are mostly plastic.
The free grocery bags that your purchases were placed into went from paper bags to plastic, then the plastic ones got banned as these were considered "once only use" so thicker and stronger bags were made and are now sold to you. But the stores do encourage you to bring your own reusable bags.
PS - yes they do watch you - most self-checkouts have cameras and then there are usually 1 or 2 staff floating around to "monitor" you.
Your hilarious 😂… Wool - Worth - ss. We have 2 size shopping trolleys (carts) large/deep and the smaller size in the video for smaller shops. Then we have baskets for even smaller shops 😊
I shop in both Coles and Woolworths, But Coles does have a ladies room. Stores are clean and bright. And I love the self Checkout. Just love it. Why do you think we hate them? Have been enjoying your videos for some time and usually get a laugh. xx
No, we don't have Walmart in Australia. Coles or Woolies are supermarkets, but they also sell a few small non-grocery items like socks / stockings, mini gardening items like weedkiller etc. We generally have 3 types of trollies - the mini trolley (like in this video), the full size (which is still smaller than those in the US) & a special trolley for someone in a wheelchair. We also have 2 styles of baskets - a small carry basket like the red ones on the right side near the store exit and larger baskets that have wheels & retractable handles (like carry-on suitcase). Fresh-foods in Australia do not have sales tax added - but once the producers alter the product then our Sales Tax is applied. ie, a lettuce or cabbage is tax free, but a bag of mixed salad or cleaned & chopped up vegetable (say for stir fry) is taxed = "value added" tax.
Ryan it's Wool...worths. or woolies.
That's a granny trolley for a smaller shopping haul. We have big ones too!
G'day it's Steven from Sydney
Coles has been an established and trusted Australian retailer for over 100 years, its our second largest supermarket chain with approximately 900 stores.
Its certainly the most innovative of the two larger supermarket chains and the most modern, in my experience prices are very competitive with excellent weekly specials, they do not "price gouge" and grocery prices were impacted by COVID just as they have been everywhere however prices have been coming down gradually.
Shopping at Coles can often be about the experience too, the atmosphere is pleasant and each store caters to its local demographic, for example where you'll find a large Italian or Greek population Coles will sell more traditional items to these customers.
At our local Coles stores we can make our own cappuccino, place a fresh loaf of bread in an automatic slicer, and we can also buy fresh macarons and mochi desserts.
Also Coles has Australia's first and biggest customer loyalty program called Fly Buys established in 1993.
Finally several years ago Coles created the first and most popular promotion called Little Shop, awarding miniature collectable grocery items to uts customers, which was copied by Woolworths in a different form thst was far less successful.
To assume that Coles is unpopular is false.
The carts, trollies or trundlers come in specific standard sizes... generally they're the Large (3' tapering to 2'6", and 2' deep), the Small (3' tapering to 2'6", and 1' deep), the basket cart a frame allowing the use of upto two (1 up, 1 down) 12"×18" basket, the tagalong basket (12" × 24" and 24" deep, kind of a laundry hamper crossed with a carryon suitcase), and finally the standard 12"×18" hand basket. Outliers include the "Aldi" 3'6" to 3' and 2'6" monster, the recycled plastics nesting style, and the adaptive wheelchair trolley (as seen to the left when entering through the gates)
I think the reason why US carts are so big compared to OZ is because most people get paid and shop monthly but here most get paid weekly or fortnightly.
Hey Ryan, you have indirectly shopped at Coles already. Some of the things I sent you in the package were purchased at Coles! 😀
The shopping trolley in the video is a small trolley we also have large trolleys which are about two maybe two and a half times larger than the small one. We also have shopping baskets in two sizes a small one which you carry on your arm and a larger one which has wheels and a long handle so you can drag it along behind you.
Woolie's say woolies ❤😂🎉😢😮😅😊
The "small picnic tables" would be either a food court or some kind of small outdoor eating area if there's a couple fast food places there. Looks like it's part of a shopping centre so not much of a stretch.
We have have two sizes of trollies (carts) to choose from. As a short person, I like the smaller ones ‘cos it’s hard to get your stuff out of the bottom of the big ones, but, big or small, they all have a mind of their own.
Coles have convenience trolleys (shown in video) and also larger trolleys with single and double seats for children. There are also big trolleys with single double baby capsules.
Woolies had introduced cameras at the self serve checkout. If you have items in your shopping trolley (cart), even an empty bag, the camera views it and the screen shows you have unscanned items in there. You have to call over the staff member who supervises the self serve checkout area. The staff member has to input into the system what it is e.g personal item, shopping from another store etc so you can finish the transaction. A lot of people don’t like it. It happened to me and it was just the empty spare shopping bags I had with me.
Australian stores are very trusting with their customers, regarding self checkout etc.
Our other big supermarket, Woolworths (I prefer over coles) have an app where you can scan everything as you shop, and then you don’t have to go through the checkouts at the end. It’s great!
Trust? Hell, no! They have surveillance to challenge spy agencies these days.
I wouldn't say trusting. They're installing more and more technology throughout the stores to track what you do to make sure you're not stealing from them.
That app self-serve option is definitely only available in a handful of stores that are part of a pilot/test program. In every woolies within at least 50km of me, we still have to go through the checkout.
@@marissabishop1833 I refuse to use them. They are putting staff out of work and making shoppers work for them for free, No, thanks.
We are encouraged to bring our own bags for packing the items in. In an attempt to reduce plastic, so you can still buy bags there but most bring their own or use boxes. Rarely will anyone stop you to check your items, only time you will get stopped is with backpacks really.
Coles and Woolies both have good quality produce, the only people I think that complain about supermarkets are the ones caught shoplifting lol
I noticed she only took items on sale. Full priced items are a no go on my budget even before all of it went through the roof cost wise 🥴
I don't hold loyal to any of the major shops.
G'day Ryan, We have two sizes in trollys a small trolly and a big trolly in all Coles and Woollies shops, One for people who only want to do a small shop up and a big trolly for familys witch are also deeper.
Woolies as we call it, Coles, Aldi's and IGA sell bakery items together, it has a full deli section, a meat section, a freezer section, plus dairy section of milk, cheeses etc and grocery aisles.
IGA stands for Independent Growers Alliance. They are individually owned supermarkets here in Oz. Therefore they can help out our local communities ( eg donate to the local kids sporting teams ) or help individuals in a crisis. We have "specialty shops" like Chinese Grocery stores and others as well. We also have individual Fruit and Vegetable Shops that will showcase all produce especially locally grown if in a farming community. Farmers will also sell at their local markets and at the side of the road. However individuals have to have a license now to sell from a house/farm and if selling fresh eggs they have to have a date stamped on them, for food safety reasons. A sign of the times I'm afraid. We still have Butcher Shops too. We also have individually owned Fish Markets. I live not far from plenty of rivers & beaches but in a rural area. So we are very lucky to also have Fish Co-Ops . There we can buy fish, shark ( also known as Flake ), lobsters, prawns, calamari, crabs etc straight off the trawlers that morning and buy locally from these shops centred around all the rivers or beaches.... so fresh !
Due to the horrendous fires and floods over the past few years it has greatly affected our food crops. Prices are all over the place due to availability. This lady bought bananas at $4.99 kg. Before the banana plantations were destroyed we could buy bananas for as low as .79cents a kg. So weather plays a big factor here probably like it does worldwide. We grow everything here from corn to rice, wheat to potatoes plus cotton and crops to make cooking oils ( safflower, olive oil, vegetable etc )so we are very lucky plus our food standards are second to none. One thing I'm proud of our government for 😂
Happy Arvo! 🙋 Coles really rocks, most of the time, and I always get my favourite checkout person! Woollie's is intimidating unless you insist on a checkout operator, they're home brand isn't as good, and their delivery is more expensive! Can't wait to see you drop in at Coles on a weekly shop! 😂 Our food is fresh and the range really extensive! We have many 'includes Milo' food items! Supermarkets have great weekly specials and we usually bring our own carry bags! 👍
Same experience for me but swap them! Coles is only self checkout’s except for the cigarette aisle. I may agree on homebrand tomato paste?
@@trevorcook3129 I suppose I may be lucky in my local, Coles was there first and is bigger! The cigarette aisle is usually not busy these days! Sometimes Woollies has better vegetables and flowers!
@@jenniferharrison8915 I use Farmer Jacks anyway. Better and cheaper. I’m in Perth so that may be a different too love?
@@trevorcook3129 Yes, it's good to support the locals and know the food is fresh! I imagine that Perth IS different to Sydney, and more fresh air! Cheers Trevor! 🤗
@@jenniferharrison8915 as I have a cigarette but yes 😂
that was brocollini....
I buy most of my groceries from Coles and order online and get it delivered.
I won't use the self check out, but I don't need to actually go into the store very often.
The picnic tables are for if you buy coffee or food from nearby bakers or coffee shops.
My daughter and I visited the U.S. a few years back and just had to visit Walmart. We bought some groceries but we must have spent 3 hours there looking through the entire store. It was much cheaper than Australia. I wanted some Christmas fabric and asked the sales assistant to re-check the price because I thought she had gotten it wrong. It was $4:95 per yard and when I came home, found the same fabric which sold for $23:95 per metre. I also bought a gold coloured cutlery set for 8 people which cost $60. The only one I could get here was a setting for 6 at $108:95. The size of the complex and the variety of products far rivals ANYTHING we have here. I wish we had a Walmart . . . I’m so jealous.
7:10 yes that is milo cereal and Milo is used in a lot of products either as additional products by the Milo brand or as crossovers with other brands.
9:40 in Australia when you say something is discounted from a previous price the product must have been sold at that previous price for a minimum of 6 weeks. Unfortunately some supermarkets will increase the price of a product for a few months just so they can say it's discounted a few months later. If you read the small print on the special labels you can see when it was last at that previous price.
In Australia all 4 wheels on a shopping trolley swivel do you can drift round the corners. In the US only 2 wheels steer.
Not me pulling out a bag of French Fries just before they hit the screen lol
The store they were shopping at was in Queensland where plastic shopping bags are banned...you either buy/bring re-usable or buy paper bags. Target here in Australia is a department store whereas Coles and Woolworths are supermarket/grocery stores.
Salad bags the best thing- if in a rush or live alone- has everything all cut up, some seeds and stuff and then dressing. Nice for easy salads.
Love the short trolleys, can do my shop, no stacking or reaching down.
Plastic bags haven't been a thing in Australian supermarkets for years due to their environmental goals. You can buy them in some supermarkets for 15 cents or so, but they're never supplied automatically. Paper bags for 20 or 25 cents are far more common.
We do have something very similar to Walmart in Australia, in fact it is almost a direct copy and Walmart helped with the design and set up originally. Even the name is Walmart inspired. It is Big W! Jack Shewmaker ex senior exec at Walmart helped Woolworths Australia as did other Walmart Execs, Walmart and Woolworths even collaborated in training Woolworths Execs. Obvioulsy Big W is a smaller version of Walmart even the same colour scheme.
Walmart sells groceries and Big W doesn’t. So not very similar. Poor Jack Shewmaker forgot half the store when setting up Big W.
Actually Big W also sell groceries, not a big range however. No poor old Jack did not, Woolworths made the decision that Big W would sell a basic core range and that Woolworths supermarket would be the main grocery provider. As I said, same colours, same layout, same signage same store greeters etc, etc, etc. How do I know all this, well I was in Woolworths and was lucky enough to meet Jack and other in Walmart occasionally.
@@craighope-johnstone5639 hmm. Not sure which Big W you have been to lately. What groceries does your Big W sell? Chocolate, lollies and chips are not groceries. Neither are cleaning products. By that definition both Bunnings and your local servo are set up just like Walmart, but smaller. I think the closest Australia has come to a Walmart-type store was the short-lived SuperK stores set up in the 80’s. These had both the offerings of KMart and a true grocery store.
I don't know what's with the people on Redit but I don't hate Coles, or Woolworths for that matter. We also have Aldi which is "good Different" and IGA or Foodworks are also pretty good.
"half price" is used to get people into the shop, much like your costco does chickens at below retail price as a way of drawing people in & then once they're in, they buy additional stuff, so as to end up with the supermarket making a profit (either that or their markups are so high that they still make a profit or at least break even even when sold at half price, which wouldn't surprise me)
Most of our trolleys are as you describe, but particularly in the "express" stores where people tend to buy less, they have higher level/hold less ones. They also have kids trolleys for kids to push around to keep them entertained & they have a long handle for parents to control, but some elderly people in particular, if only buying a few items will use those mini-trolleys. They also have solid plastic baskets for those only planning on buying a few items.
You can go & look at the full half price range on their websites really easily if you want to. They do change each week & return to double the price as soon as the sale is over.
& there's no "s" in the middle of woolworths btw. Australia's the country "born on the sheep's back" so if in doubt, it's just "wool" & we normally call it "woolies" rather than the full name, pronounced "wool ies" or EEys or ease - just lots & lots of eeee's :) or you can just go with "colesworth", which is the slang for both combined
I love Coles.
I shop there after I've been to ALDI.
It's BYO shopping bags now.
My coles is awesome. Just went shopping like an hour ago.
Hahaha same here 👍😆
Long broccoli is called broccolini and we have two sized carts. The “small” tables outside belong to the cafe in the same complex
We used to "Coles Variety" most of them went away in the late 80's and early 90's but there where a few holdouts till just before the pandemic, half the store was groceries the other half was a mini department store, when the number of grocery lines expanded 80% of the "Variety" lines where ditched and what was left got folded in to the Grocery isles.
Woolies did variety too, now in "Big W" stores you still see (rarely). I always thought Walmart was more like Kmart/Target here but realised this year they sell very cheap groceries there from all the US $ 10 grocery haul videos. Prices after exchange rate adjustment are still very low & a lot more packaged, processed food (e.g. cornbread or biscuit/scone mix).
We don't hate Coles at all! Who said we do? Personally I love Coles, and Woolies too. (Woolworths).
11:52 i bought 2 steaks, 300ml pot of cream, a bag of mushrooms, and a hand full of other stuff that I can’t think of right now, less than 10 items i carried them out in my arms, and got charged $47 including a 5% discount. We tally our shops and it usually averages about $6 an item.
I only shop in Coles because it’s the best supermarket. That vegetable was called broccolini which is a different kind of broccoli, we have both. We have 2 different sizes in the carts, she was using the smaller size. I always use a large cart because I buy a lot.
Hi Ryan 👋 just so you know here in Oz Woolworths is pronounced Wool - Worths Not! Wools Worth 😉
It’s broccolini, we have two trolley sizes but the deep ones are hard to reach into
7:40 Don't let the name fool you Ryan: Although they're called French Fries, they're actually just jullienne cut potato sticks which have the same taste and texture as regular, flat chips.
Half price refers to half the price off the recommended retail price that is normally charged. We are encouraged to bring our own reusable shopping bags, which can be purchased in store if needed. Supermarkets here no longer have plastic bags in store. If you don’t have your own shopping bags you pay for paper bags which are not very strong. If you have other shopping from another store in your own bags, you may be requested to show the contents and the receipt to one of the staff members at the checkout.
In most states single-use plastic bags have been either banned or the major shops no longer have them. You can buy reusable or paper ones, but most people bring their own.
Australia's Big W is very similar to Walmart, without the fresh food (they sell laundry, cleaning supplies etc).
We still have the deep trollies, but most of our supermarkets also have the shallow ones as well.
Also, theres a cafe outside that coles in upper mt gravatt, so the tables and chairs are for that
I work for Coles. For the amount of customers I deal with weekly, not many people actually hate the place.
The container you didn't know what it was. It's the "health food aisle" and the container, the white one would be Aloe Vera Drink.
I always get much better service at Coles than Woolies. Plus Woolies always feels like a dark factory building to me with only half the lights on. All Coles are brightly lit and welcoming.
That is broccollini. Young broccoli Italian style. Oh and we have broccoli as well.
The bananas in Australia are different, you throw it and it'll come back 😂 🍌
The grapes were $4.50, for the last 2 months in south eastern Queensland, the grapes have been $16.90 a kilo.
I’m an Aussie, I like Coles & Woollies, some people don’t, I know but I like them both. Both companies could be nicer to their staff. Self check outs are fine, I like them too. We are encouraged to bring our own bags to aid the environment. We have ‘mark downs’ that are still in date but about to run out of date. They mark them down 80% less which is very cheap at a particular time each day which is usually 4pm at Woolies & round 6.30 pm at Coles. I am savvy & seasonal shopper so I don’t pay what most people do for my food. If everyone did this it wouldn’t work of course. I think our shopping trolleys are the same size as yours.
Shopping trolleys (carts) come in 2 sizes, shallow or deep, depending on how much you intend to buy.
We have Myers in Australia, they are a bit different though. And yea we don't have Walmart.
"there are no Walmarts in Australia"
Ryan, I think you’ve allowed your small sample of video impressions to inform your ideas of Australian opinions on Coles. I was never aware of any particular antipathy for the brand. The good news is, the media are making noise about an imminent price war. So we can hope for some cost relief soon. In fact, Coles is advertising it’s, ‘Prices, down, down’ campaign again. Price reductions have been on hold for some time, so there is hope. The prices you saw also include taxes. What you see on the shelf, is what you pay at the pos. I think most of us shop between, Coles, Woolworths and Aldi for the specials. Usually the major supermarkets are close together, if not in the same complex. Using your own bags is normal, since disposable plastic bags were banned. Now, disposable plastic picnic ware, containers and straws have gone the same way. Remember, the negative minority can be noisy about perceived wrongs 😅