Woolworths in Australia has started building a new AU$135m fresh food distribution centre in Melbourne. New fresh food hub for Victoria The retailer has a 15 year lease on the new 57,000 sq m facility that will be located next to its meat supplier, Hilton Meat's distribution centre, in Truganina, west Melbourne. The new facility, due for completion towards the end of 2020, will replace the ...

Woolworths has created a new standalone retail media function called Cartology, which it hopes will better connect its suppliers to its shoppers. Cartology: new digtal marketing service As a result of the changing path to purchase and taking inspiration from activity in North America, Woolworths hopes that the new service will use customer data to allow suppliers to better target shoppers. ...

The subsidiary of Woolworths has announced the first batch of stores to close next year. Three store closures in the same city The first three of about 30 Big W stores to close over the next three years are all in Sydney - Chullora, Auburn and Fairfield. There would have been some cannibalisation between the stores as they are in close proximity to each other. These three stores will shu...