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Woolworths has unveiled locally made compostable fruit and vegetable bags across its stores in South Australia. The business believes the switch can help divert 70 tonnes of plastic waste from landfills each year. The compostable bags can be discarded in home…
Snickers has released its limited-edition Snickers Creamy Peanut Butter bar in Australia for the first time. The Snickers Creamy Peanut Butter bar is made with real peanut butter, silky smooth caramel and fresh ground peanuts, enrobed in the rich Snickers…
The opening of Victoria’s first Ampol Woolworths Metro store in Sandringham has set a new benchmark for retail shopping in Melbourne. Owned and operated by Ampol, the new store brings together Ampol’s great service and world-class quality fuels with an…
Woolworths is restructuring its NSW distribution centre operations, announcing two new facilities, closing one and repurposing another. The company’s supply chain division Primary Connect will invest $400 million in building a 76,000sqm fresh-food DC in…
Woolworths is launching its own stand-alone payments platform, Wpay, which will power payments inside and outside its group of businesses, and further extends the group into the retail ecosystem in Australia. Wpay will provide an end-to-end payment solution,…
Woolworths Group’s supply chain arm, Primary Connect, has started construction on the supermarket giant’s “next generation” $780 million distribution centre in Moorebank, Western Sydney. The DC promises 75,000 sqm of floor space and will be built with…
Woolworths has partnered with the Philippines retail group Robinsons to launch a range of more than 150 products in the Southeast Asian country. Filipinos now can buy products from popular Australian brands, including milk, wine, honey, cereals, and baby food…
Supermarket Woolworths is further hastening its consumer-facing sustainable initiatives by announcing a battery recycling initiative, with collection units to be placed in every Woolworths store around the country. The units will accept used batteries, as…
Dematic today announced it has been selected by Primary Connect — the supply chain arm of Australia’s largest supermarket, Woolworths Group — to supply a state-of-the-art automated fulfillment system for the new National Distribution Centre (NDC) in Moorebank…
Woolworths Group has taken the top spot in Asia Pacific and ranked 19th globally in the 2019 Refinitiv Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) Index. This is the second year in a row that Woolworths ranked number one in Australia on the index. Beverages giant Diageo UK…
Woolworths Group has lifted full-year profit from continuing operations by 7.2 percent to $1.75 billion for the full-year, finishing strong with increased sales reported across its supermarkets. Group CEO Brad Banducci said the company made “good progress” on…
Following the first successful trial of Scan&Go at Woolworths’ Double Bay store, the supermarket giant has expanded the smartphone shopping trial to five more locations. Four Metro stores in Sydney’s CBD will offer a checkout-free experience from Thursday…
Woolworths will revamp its store operating model for the first time since 2011, to put a greater focus on fresh food, convenience and customer service to suit changing customer needs. The supermarket briefed team members on Wednesday about the implementation…
Woolworths and Aldi have increased their share in Australia’s grocery market, while Coles and IGA have slipped slightly, according to the latest research from Roy Morgan. Woolworths remains Australia’s top grocery retailer, increasing its share of the market…
Woolworths will no longer offer single-use lightweight plastic shopping bags across its entire store network in Australia. Over the next 12 months, the conglomerate said the decision to reduce its plastic bag usage was “the right thing to do” as one of the…
Supermarket titan Woolworths considers taking advantage of China’s voracious interest for Australian food and grocery items. Australia’s biggest general store chain has connected with China-based eCargo Holdings to construct and operate a Woolworths…
