nope. I still get them in them in the letter box, but much prefer online catalogues.

Grommie has a mat for the dinner plate now that we don't get catalogues

I go to the websites to have paper copies mailed to me.

You can actually have them emailed to you separately. When I know I will be going shopping to check them via the emails I receive. It has happened a lot more since covid as people don't want to handle them to deliver them.. I know Coles have always had hard copies at the entrance of their supermarkets. We don't have a local greengrocer since covid restrictions started. A lot of businesses have closed. They can't afford the rent etc. to re-open.

No not really.

Yes i love to flick through them to see what there is to buy .

Yes

Not for one second.

Yes.

I still get them and I clip things out of them

Miss some of them but mostly they are annoying getting rid of them.

Yes, I miss the catalogues and I do find I shop less. Kmart, Target, Best N Less all gone, and the emails just aren't the same. I receive an email, go to look then spend ages looking and looking, it's a waste of time. I much prefer to go through the catalogue to see what's available then go in and buy it. I can't be bothered sitting searching for something to spend my money on.

Yes, I miss it.

Yes I do I used to like spending having a coffee and browsing the catalogues from Woolworths, Coles, Aldi as well as Bunnings and big w target best and less and the like

No, I don't. I was never one for catalogues, really. I used to use them to line my ferret's cage. I have migrated online, have been for a while now.

Why would you want to have hard copy specials just to throw them in a bin…cutting down trees to make copies to start with…then make a dye to colour these pamphlets…don’t we have enough rubbish & pollution on this beautiful planet…to cut down trees only weakens the ozone layer…aren’t we trying to prevent this…say no to pamphlets…have an awesome day…

Why every miss catalogues when you have every copy via e-mail every week

I still get them and throw them in the bin. I prefer to check the specials online.

do miss some hard catalogues copies, especially ones I can't get them emailed to me-like some do

I miss the catalogs and I haven't seen one in years! Loved looking through the Sears Christmas catalogs. We still get weekly store ads for grocery stores though.

We still get them in our letterbox in South Australia but not the Coles ones. I don't have any issue with checking the catalogues online and we always go through the Coles one on their website. If the others stop doing hard copies it wouldn't bother me.

Just go in the waste. If they stopped distributing them they could reduced their prices down a little to replace them

yes i do

yeah, I miss them too, although I get them still sometimes.

Yes I do but I understand they are cutting costs The stores do have stocks on the counter.

I just get the latest catalogue when I get to Coles and add to my trolley

We receive them but I rarely read the supermarket ones but the others my Hubby and I browse through

Love having the paper catalogues to look through, much like holding an actual book to read.

Delivering paper catalogues was slave labour! Way below the minimum hourly rate, sore back from carrying heavy catalogues. Pay wasn't worth the petrol to deliver by car, not even to take the car to a central point and walk from there. And the time I tore fibres in a leg muscle while out delivering? Halfway round the route, couldn't get home quickly so more wear and tear on the injury. And the cost of physio to heal the muscle was probably a year's catalogue delivery pay... Was also not amused to have political party flyers handed to me with no notice two days before an election and asked to deliver them - 5 hours' walking and mudslinging content, no proper statement of policies. Apart from all that, catalogue delivery did keep me reasonably fit with all the walking.

no

I get emails from Coles and Woolworths ( I think) with list of specials etc. I have a Woolworths 300 meters away so get paper copy there at my regular visit for magazine.

Not at all I look at them online

This is confusing. These circulars are not hard copies but are circulars. I think they mean printed compared to online. I like the circulars and can't abide online stuff

No but got a note on my letter box saying no junk mail

I get them in emails and as I shop online with Coles it works okay please here junk mail is a bit hit and miss

They are just a waste full load of junk mail. you can get all the info you want on line. They should stop them and donate the cost of producing them to a local charity.

I still receive them but rarely read them. My husband does the shopping and often looks at them

We still get brochures and the local free paper and I always look through them for the best deal. Also the people delivering them get money albeit not a lot, starts the fire, use them as mulch, cleaning windows, and when the young nephews and nieces come around we papier mache and decoupage.

Don't get them anymore,unless I pick them up, still get the email for some specials, but on the other hand I am saving a bit of money as I only buy most things when on special

I love catalogue but don't receive as much anymore like Coles Catalogue. What I receive after I read them I recycle.

Yes I do miss them. When I have read them I use the paper for our fire

I am very happy that I get almost no rubbish in my mailbox now...once the politicians give up too all will be great

no i wish they would just stop them all so bad for the environment

I still get them. I get Woolies, Coles and IGA and lots of other ones too. I must admit I like getting them and just put them into the recycling when finished.

I still get them and I enjoy reading the IGA catalogue the others help us start the fire so they are used just not the way they are supposed to I guess. Aldi catalogue we go through that one too and then burn like most catalogues they are good fire starters.

Given the vast array of catalogues that are deposited in our letterbox leads me to think that catalogues are far from dead. Having said that, our normal weekly Aldi one seems to have stopped but I assume that's as a result of supply issues - particularly with their 'Special Buys', and that the catalogues will return when this is resolved.

Yes, I do miss them. They still print them but we have to got to the shops to get them. When it comes to Grocery Shopping there is still a bit of competition going on between them - and yes, those from Aldi compare Aldi's prices for Aldi's House Brands with the prices of National Brands at the other Supermarkets which is blatantly Dishonest (a bit like our politicians) as the others also have their own House Brands - some of which incidentally are the same price but for More content or a lower price for the same content. Before we go shopping for groceries we like to see what all are offering and we can't do that unless we have a PC or a Printed Catalogue delivered which we can read at no cost. Woolworths does have theirs delivered to the house, Coles does not and Shame on Coles for not doing so.

we don't receive the Coles catalogue anymore so we don't shop there any- more.

money-making system online. having a hard copy catalogs in your mailbox is free, online, you subscribe to a supermarket, and you are paying for your subscription online, there you go more money for the richer. They say it helps the environment, and they are doing their part to help the climate change. So, you and I are paying for most of it. The holes in our pockets are getting bigger and bigger, soon your whole hand goes straight through that hole, and into the coffin, and six feet under ground. Istn't that great.

I miss them.

My catalogues go straight into the bin or fire, so I wouldn't miss them at all

I really don't miss such r.........If I miss or need something I just go directly to the most convenient shop, look around, pick up a few things & run ........!

Gave me something to do, go to the letterbox then down to the recycle bin and enjoy the garden on the way…..lol

It is always good around Christmas time to get a catalogue and something may intrigue you.

Everything is changing so rapidly in to-days' world and I try to keep up with it so I find the catalogues on line and go through their specials - anything I want I can put onto my phone so its there and in order when I get to the supermarkets.

Yes i miss them but just look online now

I miss them but I still shop the same as when they were delivered. The one I feel sorry for are the ones who did the deliveries as they are now not getting that money

I agree i miss my paper of special each week in my mail box. But the good thing is now i go to my local green grocer/etc and this half my shopping a week as i don't buy things i don't needed

Absolutely! I used to physically cut the items out and put them into the order they were in the aisles! - You can still pick up Coles and Aldi catalogues in-store but I don't think that applies for Woolworths...I go online for the Coles catalogue now but for some reason Woolworths' crashes my computer every time! (So Coles have been getting most of my business!)

LIVING IN A RURAL AREA I MISS THE HARD COPY OF COLES SPECIALS.COUNTRY PEOPLE ARE TREATED WITH CONTEMPT BY AL;L PEOPLE FROM POLLIES TO LOCAL COUNCILS.THE ROADS AROUND HERE ARE LIKE THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES.

I still get them

I definitely miss hard copies of many things

OH YES!!! They are relaxing to look over, they give my eyes a break from screens, I can use them for cleaning windows, and they are biodegradable. A big benefit: you can often see all the specials sooner than online, better for planning. When I lived in apartments, I got cranky when the stacks of junk mail would be removed asap by one of the residents. These day I sometimes take them from apartment blocks that have excess, but more often have to resort to online or actually going to the supermarket for my hard copy.Edited 14-May-22 10:10am

I still get them!

We have been getting them again lately. I do prefer them. Only interested in the supermarkets though not all the other junk mail. Edited 14-May-22 09:57am

no I get them online now

I don't need a catalogue to know what I want. If I am out of something I buy it regardless. As I walk around the supermarket specials are highlighted. If I really want to know prior to shopping I can always go on-line to check. At least we are saving a few trees without the catalogues.

they are good for lining the rabbits litterbox!

Don't miss them. After all they are just advertising.

I don’t miss them at all

I still get magazines and catalogs. I use a lot of the pictures and articles for collages or inspiration on decorating my home. I also tend to reread and go through my catalogs many times over. I wouldn't get them if I didn't reuse them so much.

NO! NO! NO! So glad we get less of them. We still get way too many. I wish they would pass a law to ban them altogether. Such a waste of paper and they cause so much pollution via the printing process. I would love to put a NO JUNK MAIL sign on my letterbox but the rest of the household has outvoted me. We still get Woolworths, IGA, Priceline, ALDI...... Haven't seen a Coles one for ages thankfully

We still have the Aldi ones and like looking through them each week, content to view the others online.

"Nothing to say that it used to be... Its a cast of my life bring past tense to mind.." It looks like REGRETFULLY there will be no more printed catalogues . Everything is on-line this days.

Woolworths? Do they still exist?

I do miss them in a way - it was easier to compare prices if you had one from each of the supermarkets. But what do people who have no computer/internet do now?

Not at all. Saves a mass of paper and it makes no difference to how or where I shop.

That's interesting that the change caused you to change the way you shop. I bet the marketing people never factored that in when they decided to do away with catalogues!

No I do not miss them, they just go straight in to the paper recycle

I pick up in store while i am there. But just wondering how wasteful they are with the leftover catalogues on the shelves. So they are still producing them, just not delivering them.

ALDI is still delivered in my area. I miss the Coles and Woolies ones but now pick them up instore.

I miss them, too! If it weren't for catalogues, the people before my time, and I'm 74, wouldn't have had anything to clean themselves with after they used the outhouse! Yes, catalogues were used before toilet paper was produced! No, thank you. I guess they used leaves before catalogues? ;-I ? I miss looking through all of the pages of all of the catalogue items for sale...

I miss the hard copies of the places I shop. I tend to look at 'junk mail' while eating lunch. Mostly don't buy from them tho

I never use hard copy catalogues when they come through the mail.

Sometimes yes l do miss hardcopies

Yes

HOW CAN I MISS EM? I STILL RECEIVE EM'

I decide where to shop based on the weekly specials. I've long been in the habit of checking online before I shop. It's less convenient but better for the environment. It must be hard for the elderly who aren't tech-savvy.

Yes I do. Just to go through what's on special and deciding whether we need the products or not is a major priority for me.

I still go weekly and pick up the copies from Woolworths and Coles. I enjoy going through them.

No one delivering them anymore. So either you pick them up in store or use the digital catalogues.

I think is is a good thing but I am not comfortably letting my catalogs go. They are beautiful works that I miss. They are also stacks of paper that had to be regularly thrown out and so it is for they greater good that I let them go. ??

no, no need for them anymore, we now have inside plumbing ;-))

In my area there have been no paper catalogue deliveries for over ten years. I miss them and intensely dislike trying to use the electronic variety.

Yes I miss doing circle work:)

I don't have a letterbox so have not had paper catalogues for over 10 years. I check out the online catalogue for both Coles & Woolies and make up my shopping list and on the day I do go shopping I go to both Coles & Woolies, but also Aldi. I have particular items I prefer from each and they are all very convenient for me to get to from my home. I don't have to shop every week but if there is an item that is on sale that I would normally buy in my regular shop I will go and stock up on it.

Surprisingly I don't miss hard copy catalogues!

Nope...I end up having to pick up mine and other neighbours on windy days.I like checking store prices online but Coles is useless unless you are buying online. Either way is pretty useless these days due to product shortages. I got an email from Woolies the other day and went straight down to buy cat food...nope not only did they not have any variety of the brand advertised, they had only a few cans of other brands...empty shelves and wasted petrol once again!

I'm still getting them, so don't have your problems.

I really dont care, I dont waste time with specials I get most of my food in season a local market, grocer, Cant remember the last time I walked into coles or woolies.... to big, too much rubbish and crap. too expensive, and I love walking but I take umbrage having to walk 5 miles around a smarket to get an item, cause they keep moving them. and Yeh gads, who need 50 variety of cereal....