Except 5pm closes limits the ability of teeneagers/uni students to do part time work after hours. I couldn’t imagine supermarkets closing at 5pm. If I’m ever home on a Friday or Saturday night that’s when I will do my grocery shopping as it’s so much easier when the store is basically empty and I can’t tolerate the craziness of supermarkets on the weekend especially a Sunday.
On another note - I had a look at the new Chadstone on the weekend and it was very impressive. The new food court is huge and similar style to that of the Emporium. Every food place trying to look very prestigious even places like Maccas, Sumo Salad and Boost Juice are the most fancy stores of theirs I’ve ever seen. Although there are sooo man new food places in there I do wonder how a lot of those will sustain themselves on non-busy days as it seems like an overload of food options now. Weekends they would be fine but during the week it seems like it would be a big overload. Overall the new areas of the shopping centre are impressive and looks very modern. Lots of fancy restaurants opening at the cinemas too.