E1827 - Inside the Coles and Woolworths 'fake' discounts case
Published: February 21, 2026
Duration: 14:28
Coles and Woolworths are now in court.
The case, brought by the consumer watchdog, came on the back of hundreds of angry posts on X, TikTok and Reddit from shoppers archiving the supermarkets giants’ prices – and accusing them of gaming their “Down Down” and “Prices Dropped” promotions.
The ACCC alleges some of those promotions were misleading – with the “discount” price the same as, or higher than, what had been charged just weeks earlier.
Today, economist and journalist Peter Martin on the “illusory” discounts – and how a Cadbury Caramello Koala helped fuel the outrage.
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