Woolworths Ltd news

Woolworths' Metro60 service will offer a Santa and a photographer with groceries delivery for a limited period. How does it work? The service is available in limited suburbs in Sydney and Melbourne this week Shoppers need to spend a minimum delivery order of AUD20 (US$14) and opt in by using a promo code SANTA A photographer, a Santa and their groceries will be deliv...

Woolworths Group Q1 F23 sales is up 1.2% to AUD16,583m (US$10,549m) but food businesses sales are below the prior year. Australian Food sales declined despite higher prices Australian Food is down 0.5% to AUD12,204m (US$7,763m) while like-for-like sales declined by 1.1%. Average prices increased 7.3% compared to Q1 F22. There is a double-digit inflation in fruit and vegetables driven by inc...

Woolworths is launching a series of price promotions for the festive season. Different mechanisms for saving money Woolworths is helping Australians save money through different discount programmes this Christmas: Prices frozen for Christmast essentials: Woolworths half leg ham, WA rock lobster, cooked Australian tiger prawns, Woolworths 500 grams pavlova base, Maggie Beer gravy, and ...

More than 13m Woolworths shoppers in Australia have a free Everyday Rewards card. The new programme charges a subscription fee for more benefits. Everyday Extra Rewards for extra savings Everyday Rewards members earn one point per AUD1 (US$0.62) spent at Woolworths and BIG W. They get a AUD10 (US$6.28) discount on a future shop for every 2,000 points earned. To become an Everyday Extra memb...

Both Coles and Woolworths have launched campaigns to help shoppers save money despite inflationary pressures. Coles "dropped & locked" prices Coles has added more "locked" price stickers at its supermarkets, with prices of 150 household products kept stable until 31 Jan 2023. These prices have been dropped 10-40% before locking. Leah Weckert, Coles' Chief Executive of Commercial and Express...

The retailer has announced three key leadership changes in its Group. Leadership of Woolworths Food Company Guy Brent will be managing director of Woolworths Food Company (Woolworths own and exclusive brand food business), Greenstock (upstream meat business), the PFD Food services partnership and Australian Grocery Wholesalers. Brent has led the Woolworths Food Company since 2019 and had he...

Woolworths released full year results with sales up 9.2% to AU$60,849m and EBIT down 2.7% to AU$2,690m. Excluding new businesses PFD and Quantium, the sales growth was 5.1%. We review the results and share five key learnings. 1. Australian Food sales momentum builds against backdrop of rising shelf prices   After an operationally challenging first half, Australian Food sales were AU$45,461m...

Woolworths has announced its MD of B2B & Everyday Needs, Claire Peters, is leaving the business. She will take up the role of VP worldwide at Amazon Fresh. Oversaw strong growth at Woolworths Claire Peters joined Woolworths in 2017 as Managing Director of Woolworths Supermarkets. Prior to this, she had over 20 years of experience working for Tesco, having started at the retailer as a gradua...

As Australia-based Woolworths officially launches its B2B site and looks to boost its use recycled packaging, amongst other developments, we round up news from the retailer. Woolworths officially launches B2B site Woolworths at Work After a trial that began in September 2020, Woolworths has launched its online service, Woolworths at Work, for business customers. Customers will be able to bu...

As Woolworths launches a new quick commerce service and plans to stop selling reusable plastic shopping bags we round up developments from the retailer. Woolworths launches Metro60 quick commerce service Woolworths’ Metro60 service will enable shoppers to order through an app for delivery in an hour. The service, which will initially launch in 11 eastern Sydney suburbs, will carry an AU$5 d...