Woolworths Ltd news

The General Store has launched in the Australian state of Victoria, bringing a new online grocery offer to the market. Wide range of grocery and fresh products The General Store launched on 18 November and is a new online business that will provide grocery home delivery to homes across Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo and Ballarat, with more to come. The website stocks a full range of grocery pro...

After more than 18 months of negotiations both Woolworths and Coles have agreed to sign a new voluntary code of conduct that will oversee the relationship that retailers have with its suppliers. The new code of conduct will have implications for retailers and suppliers The new code will ask retailers to no longer charge suppliers for products stolen from supermarkets, but instead encourage th...

Australia's leading retailer, Woolworths, has reported sales up 6.1% for the first quarter of the 2014 financial year, with the supermarket division reporting sales growth of 6.4%. Result underpinned by Australian Food and Liquor business The Australian Food and Liquor business reported sales of AUS$10.4bn for the quarter (+4.5%), with comparable store sales up 2.5% and increases in custo...

Woolworths has launched its latest round of price cuts as it looks to improve its price image and save customers even more. Price cuts focus on best selling lines The new round of price cuts under the retailer's Every Day Value campaign focuses on the most popular fresh food and big brand items, which Woolworths claim could save customers more than AU$1.2m a week. Prices have been cut on ...

Woolworths is trialling in-store coffee kiosks in its stores in Melbourne and Sydney. Initial tests in three stores Woolworths has installed the coffee pods into its Ashwood and Moonee Ponds stores in Melbourne and one in Sydney, allowing customers to enjoy a coffee or snack when doing their shopping. If the kiosks are popular then the retailer will plan to roll them out to more stores. Spec...

Both Coles and Woolworths have announced new partnerships with two iconic British chefs, as they continue to promote great quality fresh and affordable healthy food. Coles teams up with Heston Blumenthal Coles has announced that it will be forming an exclusive partnership with Heston Blumenthal to create an extensive range of products with a focus on Australian and Indigenous ingredients. T...

Woolworths has launched a new Farmers private label milk brand in some of its stores in New South Wales. Direct milk supply to drive a more sustainable future The brand has started to appear in stores on the north coast of the state, with plans to roll it out to all of its NSW stores in the next few months. The brand is sourced from dairy farmers in the Manning Valley and comes in three var...

Woolworths is considering launching a new retail brand called 'Woolworths Local', designed to further strengthen its relationship with local communities, suppliers and Australian Farmers. New brand, trademark and domain name... Press reports in Australia say that Woolworths has created marketing imagery for a new brand called 'W Local', registered 'Woolworths Local' as a trademark and also se...

Woolworths has announced that it will be investing AU$3m in a new deal that will see it source all of its own brand deciduous canned fruit from Australia. Increasing 'Australian grown' penetration in canned fruit The new deal will ensure that all Woolworths private label canned apples, pears, peaches and apricots will be Australian grown and supplied by its existing largest supplier of ca...

Australia's market leading retailer has announced that it will increase its capital investment next year, with a stronger focus on how it uses data to grow sales. Half of capital expenditure to be invested in 'Big Data' In its 2013/14 FY Woolworths will increase capital spending from AU$1.3bn to $1.5bn, with almost half of this invested into better tools to understand shopper trends and drive...