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Daily Mail
11 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
The new $4 Woolworths bag solves a common supermarket gripe we've all complained about
A new shopping invention at Woolworths solves the annoying issue of shopping bags slumping at the supermarket's self-checkouts. The Aussie supermarket has just launched its innovative Click N Stay™ bag, a $4 reusable shopping bag that's specifically 'designed to stay open, so you can scan and pack with both hands'. This innovation was developed to make it easier for customers who are scanning and packing their own shopping at self-service checkouts, or when they're using the new Scan&Go trolley devices. The bags are conveniently designed to stay upright and open in the bagging area thanks to a unique locking mechanism at the top. On either side of the top of the bag is the word "Push", which indicates the way it should be manoeuvred to lock the bag open. On the opposite internal side of the bag is the word "Pull", which indicates where the bag can be released to close. This bag cleverly solves the common self-checkout issue of fumbling to hold a floppy shopping bag open with one hand, while simultaneously scanning and packing items with the other hand. For added convenience, the size of these bags has also been designed to perfectly fit inside Woolworths' green trolleys. The new shopping bag was revealed on Woolworths' social media channels in an 11-second video accompanied by a caption heralding it as: 'the upgrade you've been waiting for'. Woolworths have launched their new innovative Click N Stay™ bags range Woolworths shared a short social media video to their TikTok and Instagram accounts, demonstrating their Click N Stay™ bags in-action at a self-checkout The explanatory video shows the new Click N Stay reusable bags in action as they're locked in place and positioned standing upright and open in the self-checkout bagging area. The video voice-over explains that the bags are designed to 'stay open while you scan and pack'. On both Instagram and TikTok, delighted shoppers praised the invention for resolving a long-standing self-checkout issue. 'Aaaamazing!!' read one reply. 'Love these!' added another. The $4 bags are made from at least 90 per cent recycled plastic, and come in three vibrant Australian icon-themed designs. There's a 'Cockatoo & Wattle' pale pink bag and a light blue 'Coffee & Finger Bun' bag. There's the 'Famous Aussie Things' green bag, which features cute illustrations of things like a 'barbie', 'seagulls' and 'hills hoist'. The new Woolworths shopping bags come in three Australian icon-themed designs, 'Cockatoo & Wattle' (left), 'Famous Aussie Things' (centre) and 'Coffee & Finger Bun' (right) 'Love the designs,' commented one shopper in reply to Woolworths' social media video. The new reusable bag range comes following the rollout of Scan&Go trolleys in new Woolworths stores. However, not everyone was convinced by the new supermarket bag. Several shoppers noted in the comments that there was a time not so long ago when shopping 'bags used to be free'. Another person remarked that the $4 price tag was a significant increase on the current 25-cent brown paper bags. However other social media commenters saw the merit in upgrading. '[T]hey've gotta be better than the paper bags,' read one reply. 'The brown paper bags rip every time,' added another. In response to this, Woolworths' own social media team responded: 'Funny you say that… our Click N Stay™ bags were literally made for this moment.' The new range of Click & Stay bags joins Woolworths' existing reusable bag range, which includes their signature Green Totes, Chiller Bags, Art Bags, and foldable fruit-shaped Fabric Bags.


Daily Mail
an hour ago
- Daily Mail
Anthony Albanese's handpicked economic adviser issues an urgent message to Australia about working from home
Anthony Albanese 's productivity adviser has suggested too much working from home is bad for the economy. Productivity Commission chair Danielle Wood, who Labor appointed for a five-year term in 2023, said fully remote work was having a bad effect on economic output for every worker. 'Maybe fully remote work might have some drag on productivity,' she told the National Press Club on Monday. 'You miss out on those gains you get from being face-to-face in the office, training and spillovers. 'Hybrid work two or three days a week in the office, two or three days at home seems to not have a negative impact – in fact it might be slightly positive and it introduces great benefits for workers avoiding the commute, much greater flexibility to manage family and life. 'I've described that as a sweet spot for productivity. The market has naturally found that sweet spot.' Ms Wood said Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan's plan to legislate the right to work from work two days a week therefore was unnecessary. 'The market does have a way of finding that sweet spot so if I was to apply a growth mindset to this, I would think, "What's the problem we're trying to solve here?" It's not clear to me there needs to be a role for government in that,' she said. Ms Wood argued that employers who required all staff to work in the office full-time would struggle to retain employees. 'I speak to employers who say, "I want everyone back full time" and I say, "Yep, you can do that but you will struggle to attract and retain staff." 'You have to pay a wage premium.' Victoria's Labor government has this month announced a plan to enshrine the right to work from home if someone could 'reasonably' WFH in both public and private sector roles. More than a third or 36 per cent of Australians worked from home last year, Australian Bureau of Statistics data showed. WFH became mainstream in 2020 during Covid lockdowns. 'It has been a very substantial shift that we've seen in the post-Covid world,' Ms Wood said. The issue has become so politically charged that former Opposition leader Peter Dutton had to dump an election campaign policy of making Canberra-based public servants return to the office. Victoria's Labor government last week announced a plan to enshrine the right to work from home if someone could 'reasonably' WFH in both public and private sector roles (pictured is Premier Jactina Allan addressing the Labor State Conference in Melbourne) But in a sign of her political independence, Ms Wood also used her National Press Club address on productivity to call on the government to revisit tax breaks for drivers of electric cars. 'It means winding back duplicative and high-cost policies like such as fringe benefit tax concessions for electric vehicles,' she said. During its last term, Labor removed the requirement for employers to pay a fringe benefits tax if they provide an EV to a staff member under the $91,387 luxury car tax threshold for fuel efficient vehicles. Ms Wood is a key participant at this week's Economic Reform Roundtable at Parliament House in Canberra with business and union leaders.


Time Out
4 hours ago
- Time Out
Beloved halal dessert store Fluff Bakery to close for good after 12 years of operation
Another one bites the dust: After nearly 12 years of serving wonderful bakes, Fluff Bakery is calling it a day for good, as announced in an Instagram post dated August 16, 2025. The Muslim-owned bakery first started out as a home-based business in 2012, before opening a physical store along Jalan Pisang in 2013. The outlet saw perpetual long queues of sweet-tooths waiting for a bite of its mouthwatering cupcakes and other fresh confections, and eventually moved to a larger space at North Bridge Road – also similarly near the Haji Lane/Arab Street area – in 2021. Unfortunately, the owners can no longer sustain the store despite its longstanding popularity. Part of Fluff Bakery's closure announcement reads, 'It has been tough for a couple of years now and we just can't keep afloat anymore. Our story runs deep but some things are best left unsaid. It's been such a bittersweet journey for almost 12 years that we have been running this bakery and it breaks our hearts to close our doors forever.' The post also goes on to appeal for support in Fluff Bakery's last few weeks of operation, as the owners still have salaries, suppliers, and rental fees to pay, and hope to 'close without any major debts'. Fluff Bakery will be staying open till an unspecified date in mid to late September 2025. Visit it at 795 North Bridge Road while you still can, and catch further updates via .