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Retail Asia24/06/2022
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Woolworths launches rapid delivery app Metro60

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Woolworths has launched a new app that promises groceries door-to-door within an hour for a $5 fee in a move that poses a huge challenge for a crop of start-ups that offer a similar service but a boon for consumers who have grown used to speedy deliveries during the pandemic. The app, Metro60, launched this […]
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Retail Asia22/04/2022
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Woolworths launches compostable produce bags in SA

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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 DIY compost pits or in the council-provided green bins for garden waste. The organic […]
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Retail Asia31/01/2022
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Food

Snickers unveils Creamy Peanut Butter bar in Australia

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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 chocolate. Mars Wrigley Australia Marketing Director Ben Hill says the variation has been a smash hit overseas, and […]
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Retail Asia23/06/2021
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Woolworths unveils final step in NSW DC restructure

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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 Western Sydney’s Wetherill Park, pictured above, which will serve more than 280 Woolworths stores across the state from 2023. It […]
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Retail Asia02/06/2021
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Woolworths launching stand-alone payments platform, Wpay

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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, and will draw on Woolies’ national scale and capabilities to offer Australian merchants an integrated in-store and […]
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Retail Asia27/04/2021
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Woolworths to recycle batteries, mobile phones

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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 well as mobile phones, in an effort to bump up Australia’s rate of battery recycling – which currently sits at […]
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Retail Asia16/12/2020
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Dematic to Commission New Automated National Distribution Centre for Woolworths in Sydney

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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 Logistics Park, Sydney.  Dematic, a global leader and innovator in warehouse automation, has a long history with […]
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Retail Asia11/09/2019
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Big W profit hit by restructuring

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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 its transformation across all businesses. Group statutory profit lifted 56.1 percent to $2.69 billion, helped by the […]
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Retail Asia22/07/2019
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Woolworths expands Scan&Go to five more stores

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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 along with the supermarket’s Mona Vale store on the Northern Beaches. Customers will have the option to […]
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Retail Asia22/04/2019
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Woolworths Heads First in Taking on Kaufland

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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 to 34 per cent in 2018, up 1.4ppts, while a newly independent Coles now has a share […]
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Retail Asia19/07/2017
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Woolworths bans the bags

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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 country’s largest retailers. “We currently give out more than 3.2 billion lightweight […]
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Retail Asia29/12/2015
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E-Tailing

Woolworths plans to sell online in China

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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 storefront on Alibaba’s Tmall business-to-customer online marketplace. eCargo will likewise facilitate Woolworths’ stock, packing and dissemination requirements, counsel on brand strategy and […]
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Retail Asia08/05/2015
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Woolworths ads not so cheap, but Coles ads down, down

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The supermarket wars have pushed two of Australia’s big advertisers in different directions, with No. 1 supermarket Woolworths revving up its spending while Coles winds its down. Woolworths is estimated to have spent $18.8 million on traditional advertising from January to March this year. This was an 8 per cent increase on its $17.4 million […]
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