And they thought Ned Kelly was a bad bloke! When you look at what they own it's hard to shop some where that they dont own.
-- Edited by justcruisin01 on Friday 4th of February 2011 08:55:03 PM
Helena said
08:22 PM Feb 4, 2011
funnty I rang Aldi head office today and asked if there was any likelyhood of an Aldi store being brought into S.A. got told no I wonder why. Helena,
sandsmere said
07:25 AM Feb 5, 2011
MMmmmmm!
Thats why we shop at places like IGA and Aldi whenever possible .
Also the little butchers and bakers , specially in country towns .
jimricho said
07:35 AM Feb 5, 2011
Helena wrote:
funnty I rang Aldi head office today and asked if there was any likelyhood of an Aldi store being brought into S.A. got told no I wonder why. Helena,
Aldi is a privately owned foreign (German) company and has no connection to Woolworths or Wesfarmers (Coles).
I could stand to be corrected on this but I think Metcash, the principal wholesale supplier to the IGA franchises is foreign (South African) owned.
Woolworths and Wesfarmers are Australian owned and listed on the ASX.
-- Edited by jimricho on Saturday 5th of February 2011 07:48:31 AM
dolphinrider said
12:13 PM Feb 5, 2011
Went to that link. Does it have sound as all I got was an animated slide show.Still managed to make it out though.
Beth54 said
12:20 PM Feb 5, 2011
dolphinrider wrote:
Went to that link. Does it have sound as all I got was an animated slide show.Still managed to make it out though.
Yes it had sound. Maybe you had it muted? I do that often and wonder why I can't hear anything.
GrumpyOne said
01:12 PM Feb 5, 2011
Hey Guys N Gals,
I was chatting to a local form Millicent the other day and she related a story about the fires down here not so long ago...
The lady is involved in the local disaster relief organisation and was tasked by the centre controllers to try to get some supplies for the Millicent Welfare/Evacuation Centre, they needed essensials like bread, milk & nappies etc... she approached Woolworths here and was met at the front doors by the manager...she didnet even get a word out when he informed her that he had been instructed by Sydney NOT to donate anything at all.
She then went around the corner to the locally owned and operated Foodland and the manager told her to just take what they wanted, she offered to make a list of the stuff they had taken and he told her to just take it and don't worry about it.
The Woolworths manager should have had the intestinal fortitude to use his managers discretion account to just give her some food stuffs, after all he has a write off account which is quite substantial, all he had to do was use it.
I refuse to shop at woolies after this, even their grog is so much more expensive. I always use the small local butchers and Foodland/IGA where possible now.
Hoo Roo Happy Days Grumps
-- Edited by GrumpyOne on Saturday 5th of February 2011 01:14:21 PM
Beth54 said
01:20 PM Feb 5, 2011
GrumpyOne wrote:
Hey Guys N Gals,
I was chatting to a local form Millicent the other day and she related a story about the fires down here not so long ago...
The lady is involved in the local disaster relief organisation and was tasked by the centre controllers to try to get some supplies for the Millicent Welfare/Evacuation Centre, they needed essensials like bread, milk & nappies etc... she approached Woolworths here and was met at the front doors by the manager...she didnet even get a word out when he informed her that he had been instructed by Sydney NOT to donate anything at all.
She then went around the corner to the locally owned and operated Foodland and the manager told her to just take what they wanted, she offered to make a list of the stuff they had taken and he told her to just take it and don't worry about it.
The Woolworths manager should have had the intestinal fortitude to use his managers discretion account to just give her some food stuffs, after all he has a write off account which is quite substantial, all he had to do was use it.
I refuse to shop at woolies after this, even their grog is so much more expensive. I always use the small local butchers and Foodland/IGA where possible now.
Hoo Roo Happy Days Grumps
-- Edited by GrumpyOne on Saturday 5th of February 2011 01:14:21 PM
OMG!! That's it for me too then Grumpy!
lilly31 said
01:21 PM Feb 5, 2011
Its sucks Grumpyone ... it all about money with them ... maybe one day that manager will need some help and someone will tell him to bugga off ....
jimricho said
06:02 PM Feb 5, 2011
I've made a comment on another post about passing on stories that may or may not be "kosher"
Beth54 said
06:10 PM Feb 5, 2011
jimricho wrote:
I've made a comment on another post about passing on stories that may or may not be "kosher"
I thought the ABC might be trustworthy. Am I decieving myself Jim?
Sheba said
06:12 PM Feb 5, 2011
Put this in the wrong thread. It's now where it belongs.
Cheers, Sheba.
-- Edited by Sheba on Saturday 5th of February 2011 06:14:24 PM
-- Edited by Sheba on Saturday 5th of February 2011 06:19:33 PM
sandsmere said
11:33 AM Feb 6, 2011
just another reason to shop with the independants whenever possible .
http://hungrybeast.abc.net.au/stories/beast-file-woolies-coles
Explains it all very clearly doesn't it!
When you look at what they own it's hard to shop some where that they dont own.
-- Edited by justcruisin01 on Friday 4th of February 2011 08:55:03 PM
Thats why we shop at places like IGA and Aldi whenever possible .
Also the little butchers and bakers , specially in country towns .
I could stand to be corrected on this but I think Metcash, the principal wholesale supplier to the IGA franchises is foreign (South African) owned.
Woolworths and Wesfarmers are Australian owned and listed on the ASX.
-- Edited by jimricho on Saturday 5th of February 2011 07:48:31 AM
Yes it had sound. Maybe you had it muted? I do that often and wonder why I can't hear anything.
I was chatting to a local form Millicent the other day and she related a story about the fires down here not so long ago...
The lady is involved in the local disaster relief organisation and was tasked by the centre controllers to try to get some supplies for the Millicent Welfare/Evacuation Centre, they needed essensials like bread, milk & nappies etc... she approached Woolworths here and was met at the front doors by the manager...she didnet even get a word out when he informed her that he had been instructed by Sydney NOT to donate anything at all.
She then went around the corner to the locally owned and operated Foodland and the manager told her to just take what they wanted, she offered to make a list of the stuff they had taken and he told her to just take it and don't worry about it.
The Woolworths manager should have had the intestinal fortitude to use his managers discretion account to just give her some food stuffs, after all he has a write off account which is quite substantial, all he had to do was use it.
I refuse to shop at woolies after this, even their grog is so much more expensive. I always use the small local butchers and Foodland/IGA where possible now.
Hoo Roo Happy Days
Grumps
-- Edited by GrumpyOne on Saturday 5th of February 2011 01:14:21 PM
I thought the ABC might be trustworthy. Am I decieving myself Jim?
Put this in the wrong thread. It's now where it belongs.
Cheers,
Sheba.
-- Edited by Sheba on Saturday 5th of February 2011 06:14:24 PM
-- Edited by Sheba on Saturday 5th of February 2011 06:19:33 PM