Discount supermarket Aldi is tightening the gap on Australian grocery giants Coles and Woolworths, reporting $13.3 billion in sales last year and sending $900 million in dividends to its reclusive German owners. The latest financial filings for Aldi Australia, lodged with the corporate regulator, show sales rose from $12.09 billion in 2023, making it the... Read More
One of the other Australian Supermarkets, Coles, uses Palantir’s systems of facial recognition to keep a database of what shoppers buy. Which is creepy.
One of the other Australian Supermarkets, Coles, uses Palantir’s systems of facial recognition to keep a database of what shoppers buy. Which is creepy.
Coles says explicitly that they do not use facial recognition.
Bunnings and Kmart on the other hand did up until 2022, and then backed off after complaints and bad press.
Coles does employ Palantir systems though, which is gross.