Coles is offering corn, lemons, brown onions and carrots for $1 from now until Christmas Day. (Source: Getty\/Yahoo Finance) <\/p>\n
Coles<\/a> has lowered the price of four staple items to just $1 as the supermarket giant tries to win Aussies doing their festive shopping<\/a> from rival Woolworths<\/a>. Christmas is less than one week away and the supermarkets have unveiled their offerings for the big day.<\/p>\n Coles<\/a> is offering loose corn, loose lemons, one-kilogram bags of brown onions, and one-kilogram bags of carrots for just $1 each until Christmas Day. The supermarket said this will save customers more than 40 per cent if they purchased all four of the staples.<\/p>\n The nation\u2019s second-biggest supermarket<\/a> is also offering more than 1,000 half-price specials across the store, including olive oil and coconut water.<\/p>\n RELATED<\/p>\n \u201cWe know Christmas is an expensive time<\/a> for many families and they\u2019re looking to save at this time of year,\u201d Coles chief commercial officer Anna Croft said.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019re working hard to deliver great value by lowering the price of popular fresh produce and hundreds of everyday essentials in the lead-up to Christmas.\u201d<\/p>\n Festive favourites including a whole or half leg lamb roast are now $13 per kilogram, a saving of $4, while cooked extra-large black tiger prawns are available for $26 per kilogram.<\/p>\n For dessert, Coles’ traditional fruit mince pies are now $3.50, while a Coles pavlova is now $7, down from $7.50.<\/p>\n Do you have a story to share? Contact tamika.seeto@yahooinc.com<\/a><\/p>\n The major supermarkets are battling it out over the iconic Christmas ham<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n Coles\u2019 Beechwood Smoked Half-Leg ham is available for $8 a kilo, while Woolies is also selling their Half Leg Ham at $8 per kilo.<\/p>\n Aldi has scraped in with the lowest price, offering nine different ham options from as low as $7.99 per kilo.<\/p>\n This year, CHOICE found<\/a> Coles’ Beechwood Smoked Half Leg Ham was the best-tasting on the market, receiving a score of 80 per cent.<\/p>\n Woolies\u2019 Mountain Ash Wood Double Smoked Half Leg Ham came in second place with a score of 75 per cent, followed by Woolies’ Bone In Half Leg Ham with a score of 70 per cent.<\/p>\n Aldi\u2019s Festive Selection Australian Half Leg Ham On-The-Bone ranked the worst, with a score of 61 per cent.<\/p>\n Both Coles and Woolworths are currently in the spotlight from the federal government, which is looking to crack down on price gouging<\/a>.<\/p>\n Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced the new ban on excessive pricing of groceries<\/a> was now law and would come into effect on July 1, 2026.<\/p>\n Supermarkets could face fines of $10 million per breach, three times the value of the benefit derived, or 10 per cent of the company\u2019s turnover during the preceding 12 months.<\/p>\n The laws only cover very large retailers with revenue of more than $30 billion per year, with Coles and Woolies the only two supermarkets currently meeting this definition, and not other competitors like Aldi, Costco and Amazon.<\/p>\n Woolworths described the new laws as \u201cunprecedented\u201d, and claimed it created an \u201cuneven playing field\u201d, while Coles said the rules would place \u201cupward, not downward\u201d pressure on prices.<\/p>\n Coles added that for every $100 customers spend at the supermarket, it makes around $2.43 in profit, while Woolworths said average prices had declined year on year for seven quarters.<\/p>\n Get the latest Yahoo Finance news – follow us on Facebook<\/a>, LinkedIn<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n Coles (pictured) and Woolies are offering hams from $8 a kilo, while Aldi is offering their from $7.99 a kilo. (Source: Coles) <\/p>\n