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Shoppers already feeling the pinch of rising supermarket costs have been hit with another blow after Coles quietly increased the price of its paper bags.
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Coles → feel → bags
The supermarket giant has increased the price of its bags from 25 cents to 30 cents, a 20 per cent price hike on an item that used to be free.
The prices of other shopping bags in its range have also increased, including its larger chiller bags, which have risen from $4 to $4.20.
The move has been slammed by disgruntled shoppers and Coles workers alike, with some accusing the retailer of taking 'unnecessary' money.
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some → increase → money
'It’s the $3 to $3.20 price increase that bugs me the most.
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that → ’ → me
Do they not realise how simple it was to say it was three bucks for a bag?'
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it → realise → bag
one Coles worker said.
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worker → say → ?
'Now it’s $3.20 which feels like I’m taking the piss, adding the twenty cents in that.
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I → ’ → that
Another person wrote: 'Why are we even paying for paper bags?
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we → write → bags
Coles has increased the price of its bags from 25 cents to 30 cents - a 20 per cent price hike on an item that used to be free
The supermarket giant quietly increased the price of the paper bag, with a spokesperson telling the Daily Mail it was due to a rise in material and transport costs
Others suggested shoppers should instead bring their own reusable bags 'on principle', noting it wasn't that long ago that bags were provided for free at Australian supermarkets.
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bags → increase → supermarkets
However, this changed in mid-2018 when Coles and Woolworths phased out free single-use plastic bags, citing environmental concerns, and began charging for them.
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Coles → change → them
A Coles spokesperson told the Daily Mail the price hike was driven by rising material and transport costs.
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hike → tell → costs
'We know value remains important to our customers, and we've worked to keep these increases as low as possible,' the spokesperson said.
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spokesperson → know → increases
'Unfortunately, from time to time, prices of individual products may need to increase due to changes in costs such as materials and transport.
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prices → need → materials
Customers can continue to bring their own reusable bags when shopping at Coles, and we encourage them to reuse bags wherever possible.
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we → continue → bags
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Coles' online flat fee for bags remains unchanged at $2.
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fee → remain → 2
However, the fee had already been increased from $1.50 to $2 in May, with shoppers only being notified when they reached the checkout page.
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they → increase → page
When customers selected their items and clicked the 'checkout' button before the increase came into effect, the message 'we've increased our paper bag fee to $2 for online orders scheduled from Monday 11th May' appeared.
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we → select → May
The supermarket's paper bag fee remains at $2 regardless of how many bags are required for an order, matching Woolworths' fee.
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bags → remain → fee
READ MORE: Coles to offshore jobs to India in major cost cutting move with hundreds of Aussie staff to be made redundant
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hundreds → read → staff
READ MORE: The XXX-rated Coles shelf stacker who has just been sacked for livestreaming her explicit pornshow from the supermarket freezer aisle
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who → read → aisle
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