# Coles Scraper (`automly/aldi-coles-australia-scraper`) Actor Scrape ALDI and Coles Australia grocery products by keyword, category, specials, Special Buys, product link or number: price, was price, unit price, half-price and multi-buy specials, stock, category, images, barcode, ingredients, allergens and nutrition. - **URL**: https://apify.com/automly/aldi-coles-australia-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Automly](https://apify.com/automly) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce - **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.38 / 1,000 products This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md. ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run. For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below. Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`). # README ## Aldi & Coles Australia Scraper - Prices, Specials & Stock ### What is Aldi & Coles Australia Scraper? **Aldi & Coles Australia Scraper** is a tool that lets you **scrape grocery products and prices from aldi.com.au and coles.com.au in one run**: price, was price, unit price, half-price and multi-buy specials, ALDI Special Buys, stock, size, category, images, and with product details the barcode, ingredients, allergens and the full nutrition panel. Type a search term, or add any ALDI or Coles category, specials, Special Buys, search or product link, click **Start**, and download the products as Excel, CSV or JSON. - ⚡ **Fast:** 10,787 products (every Coles special plus the whole ALDI range) in 45 seconds in our test - 🛒 **Two supermarkets, one table:** ALDI and Coles rows share the same columns, so you can compare them side by side - 🏷️ **Every deal:** Coles half price, % off, multi-buys and price drops; ALDI Special Buys with their on-sale date, Super Savers, Limited Time Only and Lower Prices - 🥫 **Product facts:** barcode, ingredients, allergens, may-contain, nutrition panel, serving size and country of origin - 🔓 **No login:** no ALDI or Coles account needed - 💸 **Free to try:** the $5 of free usage every Apify account gets each month covers about 11,000 products ### What can Aldi & Coles Australia Scraper do? - **Search ALDI and Coles at once** for any keyword, like `milk`, `tim tam` or `gluten free bread`, and get both shops' products side by side - **Scrape a whole Coles category or aisle**, like Dairy, Eggs & Fridge or Pantry - **Scrape Coles specials**: every special, half price only, or multi-buys only - **Scrape ALDI Special Buys** for one date or every upcoming date, with their themes - **Scrape the whole ALDI range** or any ALDI category, plus ALDI's Super Savers, Limited Time Only and Lower Prices lists - **Track Australian grocery prices** over time: price, was price, saving and unit price per litre, kilo or 100 g - **Look up ALDI and Coles products by number or link** to monitor a fixed basket - **Build food datasets** with barcodes, ingredients, allergens and nutrition panels - Export to Excel, CSV, JSON, HTML or XML, or send the data to Google Sheets, Make, Zapier and more ### What data can you extract from ALDI and Coles? | | | | |---|---|---| | 🏷️ Product name, brand, size | 💲 Price in AUD | 🔖 Was price and saving | | ⚖️ Unit price (per 1L, 100g, 1kg) | 🎯 Half price and deal type | 🛒 Multi-buy offers (2 for $9.40) | | 📅 ALDI Special Buys on-sale date | 📦 Coles online stock | 🏪 Shop (ALDI or Coles) | | 🗂️ Department, category and aisle | 🖼️ All product images | 🔢 Barcode (Coles) | | 🥣 Ingredients | ⚠️ Allergens and may-contain | 🌱 Dietary claims | | 🍎 Nutrition panel per 100 g and per serving | 🧊 Storage instructions | 🌏 Country of origin | ### How to scrape ALDI and Coles 1. [Create a free Apify account](https://console.apify.com/sign-up). 2. Open **Aldi & Coles Australia Scraper**. 3. Enter search terms and pick the shops, or paste ALDI and Coles links (or product numbers), one per line. 4. Set how many products you want in total, and turn on product page details if you need barcodes, ingredients and nutrition. 5. Click **Start**, then download the products as Excel, CSV, JSON or HTML. ### How much does it cost to scrape ALDI and Coles products? You pay only for the products you get. A product with its product page details (barcode, ingredients, allergens, nutrition) costs more than a product from a list. | Apify plan | Products per 1,000 | Products with full details per 1,000 | |---|---|---| | Free | $0.45 | $1.00 | | Starter (Bronze) | $0.42 | $0.90 | | Scale (Silver) | $0.40 | $0.80 | | Business (Gold) and higher | $0.38 | $0.70 | Platform usage is included in these prices, so there is nothing else to pay. For example, 1,000 products cost $0.45 on the Free plan and $0.38 on Business; with **Include product page details** on, the same 1,000 products cost $1.00 on the Free plan. Every Apify account gets **$5 of free usage each month**, so you can try it at no cost. **Max products** keeps the cost of a run under control, and you can also set a maximum cost per run. See the **Pricing** tab for details. ### ⬇️ Input | Setting | What it does | |---|---| | **Search terms** | Words to search for, like `milk` or `tim tam` | | **Shops to search** | ALDI and Coles, ALDI only, or Coles only (for search terms; links always go to their own shop) | | **Links and product numbers** | Any mix of Coles categories (`https://www.coles.com.au/browse/dairy-eggs-fridge/milk`), Coles specials (`https://www.coles.com.au/on-special`, `https://www.coles.com.au/on-special?filter_Special=halfprice`), ALDI categories (`https://www.aldi.com.au/products/pantry/k/970000000`), ALDI Special Buys (`https://www.aldi.com.au/special-buys/2026-10-07`, or `https://www.aldi.com.au/special-buys` for every upcoming date), search pages and product pages of either shop, and bare product numbers (Coles `8150288`, ALDI `000000000538441002`) | | **Max products** | The most products the run saves, all inputs together (default 100). Set 0 for all of them | | **Sort by** | Relevance, price low to high, price high to low, or name (ALDI) | | **Search: specials only** | Keep only products on special in search results | | **Include product page details** | Adds barcode, ingredients, allergens, nutrition panel, serving size, storage and country of origin (Coles), and description, ingredients, allergens and storage (ALDI) | Connection settings: the default works for most runs. Every Coles half-price special: ```json { "startUrls": ["https://www.coles.com.au/on-special?filter_Special=halfprice"], "maxResults": 0 } ``` The cheapest milk at both shops, with product details: ```json { "searchTerms": ["milk"], "store": "both", "sortBy": "priceLowToHigh", "includeDetails": true, "maxResults": 100 } ``` All of this week's ALDI Special Buys and the whole ALDI range: ```json { "startUrls": ["https://www.aldi.com.au/special-buys", "https://www.aldi.com.au/products"], "maxResults": 0 } ``` ### ⬆️ Output Every product is one row. A Coles product on special, with product page details: ```json { "store": "coles", "productId": "8150288", "name": "Coles Full Cream Milk 3L", "brand": "Coles", "packageSize": "3L", "price": 4.95, "wasPrice": null, "savings": null, "currency": "AUD", "unitPrice": 1.65, "unitPriceMeasure": "1L", "unitPriceText": "$1.65/ 1L", "soldBy": "each", "isOnSpecial": false, "isHalfPrice": false, "specialType": null, "promotionText": null, "promotions": [], "multibuyQuantity": null, "multibuyPrice": null, "onSaleDate": null, "inStock": true, "isAvailable": true, "isOnlineOnly": false, "isSponsored": false, "departments": ["Dairy, Eggs & Fridge"], "categories": ["Milk", "Full Cream Milk"], "description": "Coles is committed to bringing you high quality fresh milk from dairy farms across Australia", "image": "https://cdn.productimages.coles.com.au/productimages/8/8150288.jpg", "images": ["https://cdn.productimages.coles.com.au/productimages/8/8150288.jpg"], "barcode": "9300601186945", "ingredients": "Homogenised and Pasteurised Full Cream Milk.", "allergens": ["Milk"], "mayContain": [], "dietary": ["Source of Calcium"], "nutrition": [ {"nutrient": "Energy (kJ)", "per100": "258 kJ", "perServing": "646 kJ"}, {"nutrient": "Protein", "per100": "3.4 g", "perServing": "8.5 g"} ], "servingSize": "250mL", "servingsPerPack": "12.00", "storage": "Keep this way up,Keep refrigerated. Store at or below 5°C", "countryOfOrigin": "Australian", "countryOfOriginLabel": "Australian Milk", "isAgeRestricted": false, "url": "https://www.coles.com.au/product/coles-full-cream-milk-3l-8150288", "source": "8150288", "scrapedAt": "2026-10-02T16:22:05Z" } ``` An ALDI Special Buy has `"specialType": "Special Buy"`, `"onSaleDate": "2026-10-07"` and `"promotionText": "On Sale Wed 07 Oct"`. A Coles multi-buy such as "Buy 2 for $9.40" gives `multibuyQuantity: 2` and `multibuyPrice: 9.4`. Prices are numbers in Australian dollars, ready for spreadsheets and charts; `wasPrice` and `savings` are filled only when the product is on special. The **Overview** tab shows every product with its image, shop, price and deal, and the **Prices and specials** tab puts prices, unit prices, deals and multi-buys side by side. The run report lists, for every search term and link, how many products the shop lists and how many were saved, and names any product number or category that does not exist. ### Which fields come with which setting? | Field | Coles | Coles with details | ALDI | ALDI with details | |---|---|---|---|---| | Price, unit price, deals, size, category, images | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | Was price and saving | ✅ | ✅ | when shown | when shown | | Multi-buy offers | ✅ | ✅ | | | | Special Buys on-sale date | | | ✅ | ✅ | | Online stock | ✅ | ✅ | | | | Description, ingredients, allergens, storage | | ✅ | | ✅ | | Barcode, nutrition panel, serving size, country of origin, dietary claims | | ✅ | | | ALDI does not publish barcodes or stock online, and shows its nutrition panel as a picture, which is among the product's images. Ingredients and allergens come with every product the shop publishes them for; fresh produce often has none. ### How can I use ALDI and Coles data? - **Grocery price comparison:** put ALDI and Coles prices for the same basket side by side - **Specials monitoring:** collect every Coles half-price and multi-buy deal and every ALDI Special Buy as soon as they change - **Price tracking:** follow prices, was prices and unit prices week by week - **Brand and category analysis:** see how a brand or category is priced and promoted at each shop - **Price comparison apps and newsletters:** feed current prices and deals into your own product - **Nutrition and dietary research:** build datasets of barcodes, ingredients, allergens and nutrition panels ### How many products can I get? A category, specials or Special Buys page is read to the end: every product it lists (Coles' specials page lists about 7,500, the whole ALDI range about 3,250). A product that shows up in several search terms or links is saved once per run. **Max products** counts every product the run saves, across all inputs and both shops. ### Scrape more product and price data | Actor | What it gets | |---|---| | [Walmart Scraper - Products, Prices, Stock & Reviews](https://apify.com/automly/walmart-scraper) | Walmart products by keyword, category or link: price, was price, unit price, stock and seller | | [Target.com Scraper - Products, Prices & Stock](https://apify.com/automly/target-com-scraper) | Target products by keyword, category or link: prices, availability, ratings and promotions | | [Amazon Products Scraper - Fast & Efficient (with Sales Data)](https://apify.com/automly/amazon-products-scraper---fast-efficient-with-sales-data) | Amazon product pages: price, BSR, badges, variants, reviews and monthly sales estimates | | [Shopify Products Scraper](https://apify.com/automly/shopify-products-scraper) | The full product catalog of any public Shopify store: prices, variants, images and availability | | [eBay Scraper](https://apify.com/automly/ebay-scraper) | eBay listings across 8 marketplaces: prices, shipping, condition and seller ratings | ### ❓FAQ #### How much does it cost to scrape ALDI and Coles? $0.45 per 1,000 products, or $1.00 per 1,000 with product page details, on the Free plan, and less on higher plans. See "How much does it cost to scrape ALDI and Coles products?" above for every plan. #### Are the prices the same in every store? Coles prices are the coles.com.au online prices. ALDI's prices are the same at every ALDI store; a store only changes which products it stocks, and the scraper lists ALDI's whole range. #### How many products can I scrape from ALDI and Coles? Every product a category, specials or Special Buys page lists, to the end: about 7,500 on Coles' specials page and about 3,250 in the whole ALDI range. Set **Max products** to 0 to get all of them. #### Can I scrape the weekly specials and ALDI Special Buys? Yes. Paste `https://www.coles.com.au/on-special` for every Coles special, or add `?filter_Special=halfprice` or `?filter_Special=multibuy`. For ALDI, paste `https://www.aldi.com.au/special-buys` for every upcoming Special Buys date, or one date's link from the ALDI site. Or turn on **Search: specials only** for your search terms. #### Does it include ratings and reviews? No. Neither ALDI nor Coles shows product ratings on its website. #### Do I need an ALDI or Coles account? No. The scraper reads the same public product pages anyone can see without signing in. #### What happens with a wrong product number or link? The run goes on with the other inputs, and the run report lists the product numbers and categories that do not exist. A link that is not an ALDI or Coles page is named in the error message before the run starts. #### Can I get results in real time? Yes. Besides normal runs, the actor has a real-time API that answers with the products directly, without starting a run: ``` GET https:///search?q=milk&store=both GET https:///product?id=8150288 Authorization: Bearer ``` #### Can I connect Aldi & Coles Australia Scraper to other tools or AI agents? Yes. Start runs and download results with the Apify API or the Python and JavaScript clients, send results to Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets or Slack with Apify integrations and webhooks, or let AI assistants and agents run it through the Apify MCP server at [mcp.apify.com](https://mcp.apify.com). #### Is it legal to scrape ALDI and Coles? This scraper only collects public product information: names, prices, specials and product facts that anyone can see on aldi.com.au and coles.com.au. It does not collect personal data. If you combine it with other data that does include personal data, laws such as GDPR may apply, so only use it for a legitimate reason, follow each shop's terms, and ask a lawyer if you are unsure. You can read more in [Is web scraping legal?](https://blog.apify.com/is-web-scraping-legal/) Aldi & Coles Australia Scraper is an independent tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by ALDI or Coles Group. #### Something isn't working, or I need another field? Open the **Issues** tab with your input and what you expected. We read every one and usually reply within a day. ### ⭐ Your feedback Have an idea or found a problem? Tell us on the **Issues** tab. If Aldi & Coles Australia Scraper saved you time, a short review on the **Reviews** tab helps other people find it. # Actor input Schema ## `searchTerms` (type: `array`): Words to search for, like milk, tim tam or gluten free bread. Each term is searched at the shops you pick below. ## `store` (type: `string`): Which shops the search terms are searched at. Links always go to their own shop. ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): Paste aldi.com.au or coles.com.au links, one per line: ALDI categories (https://www.aldi.com.au/products/dairy-eggs-fridge/k/960000000), ALDI Special Buys (https://www.aldi.com.au/special-buys/2026-10-07, or https://www.aldi.com.au/special-buys for every upcoming date), ALDI deals such as Super Savers (https://www.aldi.com.au/products/super-savers/k/1588161426952145), Coles categories (https://www.coles.com.au/browse/dairy-eggs-fridge/milk), Coles specials (https://www.coles.com.au/on-special, or with ?filter_Special=halfprice), search pages and product pages of either shop. You can also enter a product number on its own: a Coles one like 8150288, or an ALDI one like 000000000538441002. ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): The most products this run saves, across all search terms and links together. 0 saves every product listed. ## `sortBy` (type: `string`): The order products are listed in, which decides which ones come first when you set a maximum. Coles has no name order and lists by relevance instead. A link that carries its own order keeps it. ## `specialsOnly` (type: `boolean`): Keep only products on special in search results: Coles specials, and ALDI Special Buys, Super Savers, Limited Time Only and Lower Prices products. ## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`): Add what only the product page shows: barcode, ingredients, allergens, nutrition panel, serving size, storage and country of origin (Coles), and description, ingredients, allergens and storage (ALDI). ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): The default works for most runs. If results come back empty, try a different proxy option. ## Actor input object example ```json { "searchTerms": [ "milk" ], "store": "both", "startUrls": [ "https://www.coles.com.au/on-special?filter_Special=halfprice" ], "maxResults": 50, "sortBy": "relevance", "specialsOnly": false, "includeDetails": false, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `products` (type: `string`): No description ## `pricing` (type: `string`): No description ## `results` (type: `string`): No description ## `report` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "searchTerms": [ "milk" ], "startUrls": [ "https://www.coles.com.au/on-special?filter_Special=halfprice" ], "maxResults": 50, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("automly/aldi-coles-australia-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "searchTerms": ["milk"], "startUrls": ["https://www.coles.com.au/on-special?filter_Special=halfprice"], "maxResults": 50, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("automly/aldi-coles-australia-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}") for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "searchTerms": [ "milk" ], "startUrls": [ "https://www.coles.com.au/on-special?filter_Special=halfprice" ], "maxResults": 50, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } }' | apify call automly/aldi-coles-australia-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,automly/aldi-coles-australia-scraper" } } } ``` The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer ` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations). ## OpenAPI specification Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/xTCSGJTezTpnlyvxm/builds/Lg8I4SQRQgXQdmuFq/openapi.json