Countdown is set to open New Zealand's first darkstore in Auckland in April 2020. Increased capacity for Auckland shoppers The retailer will open its first online dedicated fulfillment centre in response to growing demand for the service. Countdown has been rapidly growing its online sales in recent years, announcing that it now accounts for 7.7% of sales in recent results. The facility wil...

Woolworths and Caltex have opened their first new petrol forecourt store in Sydney. New look Woolworths petrol offer The first store at North Ryde in Sydney is the first of 250 that the retailer plans to roll out across Australia. The new stores will look to upgrade the convenience offer on Caltex forecourts, with around 1,000 SKU's offering food-for-now and food-for-later solutions, everyd...

Woolworths launched a new convenience format at the start of November called MetroGo, we assess the concept and what it could mean for the market. What is MetroGo? The new format, at just 50 sq m, is a smaller version of its Metro stores that it has been rolling out over the past few years. While these Metro stores have been focused on servicing a mixture of neighbourhood and CBD locations,...