{"id":99783,"date":"2026-09-04T11:19:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T01:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thechampagnemile.com.au\/deals\/?page_id=99783"},"modified":"2026-11-05T10:10:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T23:40:35","slug":"coles-price-match-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thechampagnemile.com.au\/deals\/guides\/coles-price-match-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Coles Price Match? What the Scanning Promise Covers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coles doesn&#8217;t match competitor prices, but it does run a different guarantee that&#8217;s easy to confuse with one. If an item scans through the register at a higher price than its shelf ticket, Coles gives you that item free, not just a refund of the difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-aioseo-key-points\"><div class=\"aioseo-key-points-block-content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list tcm-key-takeaways\">\n<li><strong>Official competitor price match policy:<\/strong> No<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>What Coles runs instead:<\/strong> &#8220;Our Promise on Price Scanning,&#8221; a scan-accuracy guarantee, not a competitor match<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>How it works:<\/strong> A single item that scans above its advertised or ticketed shelf price is given to you free<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Goes further than:<\/strong> Australian Consumer Law, which only requires a refund of the price difference<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Key takeaway:<\/strong> Don&#8217;t ask Coles to match another retailer&#8217;s price. Instead, check your receipt against the shelf ticket for scanning errors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ways to Save More at Coles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Affiliate Disclosure: <\/strong>The Champagne Mile may earn a commission via links on this page. 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Terms and conditions apply.\n        <\/div>  \r\n        \n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"rh_gr_btn_block\">\r\n            \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"priced_block clearfix  mobile_block_btnclock mb0\">\n\t              \t        \t\n\t            \t    \t\t\t    \t\t\t<span class=\"rh_button_wrapper\">\n\t\t            \t<a href=\"https:\/\/thechampagnemile.com.au\/deals\/recommends\/hellofresh\" class=\"btn_offer_block re_track_btn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored\">\n\t\t\t            \t\t\t            \tsave $200\t\t\t            \t\t\t            \t\t            <\/a>\n\t\t        \t<\/span>\n\t            \t\n\t\t    \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t\t\n\t\t        \t            \t        \n\t        <\/div>\n            \t    \t\t    \t\t\t\n\t        <\/div>        \r\n    <\/div>\r\n        \r\n<\/div>\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coles&#8217; position on competitor price matching<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coles has no published policy matching prices from Woolworths, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aldi.com.au\/what-makes-us-good-different\">Aldi <\/a>or anywhere else. Like Woolworths, it competes through its own specials cycle, Down Down markdowns, and the flybuys loyalty program rather than reacting to a competitor&#8217;s shelf price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What the Price Scanning Promise actually is<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is where a lot of confusion creeps in, so it&#8217;s worth being precise. A Coles spokesperson has confirmed the policy applies across all Coles supermarkets: if a single item scans at a price higher than what&#8217;s advertised or ticketed on the shelf, Coles gives you that item for free, rather than the price adjustment Australian Consumer Law would otherwise require.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do you claim it?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Check your receipt against the shelf price while you&#8217;re still in-store, or shortly after.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If an item scanned higher than its ticketed or advertised price, flag it with a team member.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coles gives you that single item free rather than adjusting the charged price down.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s a scan-accuracy safety net, not a way to negotiate against a competitor&#8217;s catalogue, so don&#8217;t walk in expecting it to work like a price match at <a href=\"https:\/\/thechampagnemile.com.au\/deals\/guides\/kmart-price-match-guide\/\">Kmart<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/thechampagnemile.com.au\/deals\/guides\/jb-hi-fi-price-match-guide\/\">JB Hi-Fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Loyalty and rewards at Coles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coles runs on flybuys, the same program you&#8217;ll see at <a href=\"https:\/\/thechampagnemile.com.au\/deals\/guides\/kmart-price-match-guide\/\">Kmart<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thechampagnemile.com.au\/deals\/guides\/target-price-match-guide\/\">Target<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thechampagnemile.com.au\/deals\/guides\/officeworks-price-match-guide\/\">Officeworks <\/a>and First Choice Liquor. The base earn rate is 1 point per $1 spent, with 2,000 points converting to $10 off a future shop. Because Coles, Kmart and Target all sit under this shared points ecosystem, a family that shops across a couple of these retailers can build points faster than sticking to just one. One thing worth flagging: the <a href=\"https:\/\/thechampagnemile.com.au\/deals\/onepass-promo-code\/\">OnePass<\/a> membership that boosts Flybuys earn to 5x doesn&#8217;t extend to Coles itself, it&#8217;s a Wesfarmers program covering Kmart, Target, <a href=\"https:\/\/thechampagnemile.com.au\/deals\/guides\/bunnings-price-match-guide\/\">Bunnings <\/a>and Officeworks, so your Coles flybuys earn stays at the standard rate regardless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cashback stacking at Coles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coles Online cashback through ShopBack currently runs on a tiered structure: 0.15% standard on spends over $200 (0% below that), rising to as much as 5% during upsized promotional periods. Gift card cashback runs separately and has occasionally been boosted well above that during linked bank card promotions. As with every retailer in this batch, check the live rate before assuming last month&#8217;s promotion is still active. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/thechampagnemile.com.au\/deals\/guides\/cashback-sites-australia\/\">cashback sites guide<\/a> walks through how ShopBack and TopCashback compare if you want to route bigger purchases through whichever portal currently pays more.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"container\" data-elementor-id=\"94789\" class=\"elementor elementor-94789\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ef334d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8ef334d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e3fc06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"8e3fc06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>\r\n.tcm-cta-dual {\r\n  background: #F7F8FC;\r\n  border-radius: 12px;\r\n  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Sign up and make 5 purchases to unlock the bonus.<\/p>\r\n        <a class=\"tcm-cta-dual-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/thechampagnemile.com.au\/deals\/ubank-referral-code\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored\" style=\"color:#ffffff !important;\">\r\n          Claim $30 Bonus \u2192\r\n        <\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Payment options at Coles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Standard card payments, PayPal, gift cards and Coles Mobile top-ups are all supported. As with Woolworths, buy now, pay later options aren&#8217;t part of the regular checkout for grocery shopping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Will Coles price match competitors?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Does Coles price match Woolworths or Aldi?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No. Coles has no competitor price match policy of any kind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What&#8217;s the difference between price matching and the Price Scanning Promise?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Price matching means a retailer matches a competitor&#8217;s advertised price. The Price Scanning Promise is entirely about Coles&#8217; own scanning accuracy: you only get the free item if it rings up higher than Coles&#8217; own shelf price, regardless of what any competitor charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Does Coles price match IGA?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No, and IGA is actually the one that watches Coles, not the other way around, automatically matching Coles&#8217; or Woolworths&#8217; lower shelf price on hundreds of essentials each week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coles sits in the same camp as Woolworths on competitor price matching: it simply doesn&#8217;t do it. But the Price Scanning Promise is a genuinely useful guarantee in its own right, and one worth actually using, since a decent chunk of shoppers have no idea it exists until they spot a scanning error on their own receipt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Coles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colesgroup.com.au\/\">Coles Group<\/a> is Australia&#8217;s second-largest supermarket chain, operating supermarkets, liquor retail under <a href=\"https:\/\/thechampagnemile.com.au\/deals\/guides\/liquorland-price-match-guide\/\">Liquorland<\/a>, First Choice Liquor Market and Vintage Cellars, and financial services including the flybuys loyalty program it co-founded with Shell and National Australia Bank back in 1994. It competes head-to-head with Woolworths across grocery pricing, private label ranges and loyalty offers.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"102812\" class=\"elementor elementor-102812\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-767fdd1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"767fdd1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-290e93f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"290e93f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<style>\n.tcm-rr-outer {\n  margin: 0 !important;\n  padding: 0 !important;\n  max-width: 860px;\n}\n.tcm-rr-outer * { box-sizing: border-box; }\n\n.tcm-rr-header {\n  margin-bottom: 6px;\n}\n.tcm-rr-title,\nhtml body.wp-theme-rehub-theme .elementor-widget-container h2.tcm-rr-title {\n  font-size: 20px !important;\n  font-weight: 600 !important;\n  color: #0a1f5c !important;\n  letter-spacing: -0.01em !important;\n  line-height: 1.3 !important;\n  margin: 2.25rem 0 0 0 !important;\n  padding-bottom: 0.2rem;\n  background: none !important;\n}\n.tcm-rr-title::after {\n  content: '';\n  display: block;\n  width: 100%;\n  height: 1px;\n  background: linear-gradient(to right, #b8992e, rgba(184,153,46,0.15), transparent);\n  margin-top: 0.5rem;\n}\n.tcm-rr-desc {\n  font-size: 13px;\n  color: #555;\n  line-height: 1.65;\n  margin: 10px 0 16px;\n  max-width: 100%;\n}\n\n.tcm-pricematch-grid {\n  display: grid;\n  grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(220px, 1fr));\n  gap: 8px;\n  margin-top: 0.85rem;\n}\n@media (max-width: 600px) {\n  .tcm-pricematch-grid { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr); }\n}\n\n.tcm-country-link {\n  display: flex;\n  align-items: center;\n  justify-content: space-between;\n  gap: 6px;\n  background: #f8f9fc;\n  border: 1px solid rgba(10,31,92,0.08);\n  border-radius: 7px;\n  padding: 0.55rem 0.75rem;\n  font-size: 12.5px;\n  font-weight: 600;\n  color: #0a1f5c;\n  text-decoration: none;\n  transition: border-color 0.15s ease, background 0.15s ease;\n}\n.tcm-country-link:hover { border-color: #b8992e; background: #ffffff; }\n.tcm-country-link-label {\n  display: inline-flex;\n  align-items: center;\n  gap: 7px;\n}\n.tcm-country-link-icon {\n  font-size: 13px;\n  color: #b8992e;\n  flex-shrink: 0;\n}\n.tcm-country-link-logo {\n  width: 16px;\n  height: 16px;\n  border-radius: 3px;\n  flex-shrink: 0;\n  object-fit: contain;\n  background: #fff;\n}\n.tcm-pricematch-link .tcm-country-link-label { font-size: 12.5px; }\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"tcm-rr-outer\">\n  <div class=\"tcm-rr-header\">\n    <h2 class=\"tcm-rr-title\">More Price Match Guides<\/h2>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"tcm-rr-desc\">We also cover these retailers. See our full <a href=\"https:\/\/thechampagnemile.com.au\/deals\/guides\/\" style=\"color:#0a1f5c !important; font-weight:700; text-decoration:underline;\">price match guides<\/a> hub for every retailer we cover. <a href=\"https:\/\/thechampagnemile.com.au\/deals\/price-match-policies-australia\/\" style=\"color:#0a1f5c !important; font-weight:700; text-decoration:underline;\">Compare other Australian retailers' price-match policies.<\/a><\/p>\n  <div class=\"tcm-pricematch-grid\">\n  <a class=\"tcm-country-link tcm-pricematch-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thechampagnemile.com.au\/deals\/guides\/coles-price-match-guide\/\"><span class=\"tcm-country-link-label\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"tcm-country-link-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=coles.com.au&sz=64\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><i class=\"ti ti-shopping-cart tcm-country-link-icon\" style=\"display:none\"><\/i>Does Coles Price Match?<\/span><\/a>\n  <a class=\"tcm-country-link tcm-pricematch-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thechampagnemile.com.au\/deals\/guides\/woolworths-price-match-guide\/\"><span class=\"tcm-country-link-label\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"tcm-country-link-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=woolworths.com.au&sz=64\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><i class=\"ti ti-shopping-cart tcm-country-link-icon\" style=\"display:none\"><\/i>Does Woolworths Price Match?<\/span><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FAQ &#8211; Coles price match guide<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-aioseo-faq\" data-schema-only=\"false\"><h3 class=\"aioseo-faq-block-question\"><strong>Does Coles price match?<\/strong><\/h3><div class=\"aioseo-faq-block-answer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No, Coles doesn&#8217;t match competitor prices. 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