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Boosting Supermarket Employee Engagement and Productivity

Creating a positive shopping experience for customers is crucial for supermarkets. Disengaged and unhelpful staff can ruin a customer’s experience, leading to negative consequences for the business. In fact, after one bad interaction, 32% of consumers will likely stop shopping at that supermarket, taking their friends and family with them. To prevent this from happening, […]

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Leah Weckert Becomes Coles’ First Female CEO in its 109-Year History

Leah Weckert, a former McKinsey consultant and Foster’s beer executive, has been appointed as the new CEO of Coles, Australia’s second-largest supermarket chain. Weckert will be the first woman to lead Coles in its 109-year history, and her appointment raises the number of women leading top-20 ASX companies to five. She will take over from

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Woolies Artificial Intelligence expansion continues as shoppers slam the technology

Supermarket giant Woolworths has expanded the use of technology that films customers scanning items at self-serve check-outs. Supermarket giant Woolworths has expanded the use of technology that films customers scanning items at self-serve check-outs. The trial by Woolworths initially began in Seven Hills, in Sydney’s west, in 2022 but has now been expanded to 250

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Supermarket giants Woolworths and Coles changing up plastic bag policies

Key points: Woolworths will phase out plastic bags from its stores in Queensland and the ACT The supermarket chain says customers can still buy alternatives made from paper and fabric, or chill bags Coles is introducing compostable produce bags after an attempt to remove plastic bags proved “challenging” Woolworths has announced it is doing away

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Woolworths slammed after raising minimum spend for Direct to Boot service

Woolworths has responded to criticism it’s leaving vulnerable customers disadvantaged after making a change to a popular shopping service. The supermarket giant has increased the minimum spend for online shoppers using its free Direct to Boot service – which allows customers to make an online order and then collect it from their local store without

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Woolworths’ pay push for online shopping workers sparks union turf war

Warehouse worker unions are opposing a push by Woolworths for sector-wide changes that would ensure staff at new online fulfilment centres are paid like supermarket workers. Woolworths has applied to vary the retail award so that it covers staff at its e-stores and online fulfilment centres and has declared it has the backing of Coles

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