That’s good.
In Sydney, there’s no Kmart, BigW or Target in the CBD, so if you want cheap clothing and the like, you have to go out into the suburbs.
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Yeh. Target conversion.
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That’s not true there is a Kmart and Target at the Broadway shopping centre on the southern fringe of the CBD a relatively short walk from Central station.
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I knew about Broadway, it’s a 15 min walk from Central station, about the same as a train ride to Bondi.
Broadway probably isn’t CBD in my books however, not far away though.
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Aren’t big box stores designed for the suburbs?
They’re department stores. IKEA or Costco are big box.
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Yes however Sydney and Melbourne CBD locations are prime real estate. BIGW’s and Woolworths number 1 stores from what I’ve been told is QV Melbourne. I’d imagine a Sydney city sort of setup of what QV Melbourne is (underground Wow and Bigw) would trade probably trade just as well. Reminds me of the new Westfield New York City Down in Wall St which lies underground.
Which is why Kmart has jumped at the chance to secure that Melbourne location before they sell off Target one day.
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Haven’t seen this mentioned elsewhere. I am not sure if this is a good idea.
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This would be the second time they’ve tried to do this in the last 2 decades. Last time they reversed the decision after a few years.
However the butchers counters that have popped up next to the deli in some of the newly refurbished supermarkets definitely seem very very underused, same goes for Woolworths too (although I’ve enjoyed getting fancy cuts of steak at $10-15/kg at the nearby woolies butchers counter because people so rarely buy anything from it).
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Can’t see them doing it across all stores - they already have the stores with pre-packaged only deli sections, so it would be a natural extension there; but other stores with the things like the fancy cheeses section and that currently sell the better cuts, it would be weird trying to have a dedicated ‘butcher’ section and then doing it all off site.
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Under the proposed changes, all meat department products would arrive pre-cut, packaged, and labelled ready to be displayed on shelf at the supermarkets, meaning products would no longer be cut or trimmed in-store.
Which Coles still do this? Regular customer at four eastern suburban Melbourne Coles stores and they’ve been like this for years now.
i think part of it is the lack of honesty from wollies. take this from the article:
The aim of the trial is to see if the technology can help make the checkout process more efficient and reduce cash handling errors for the benefit of our customers.
Bull. it’s to help security at woolies end. staff won’t have access to as much cash so it stops theft, as well as potential robberies. thats the only proper reason i can think of these (short of covid cash handling)
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My local Coles (at The Glen) will cut and trim meat for customers. However, my parents prefer to go to the Asian butcher at Kingsway in the Glen Waverley shopping strip, or go even further to Box Hill, Springvale or Dandenong Market, for fresh meat.
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It would reduce risk of staff being held up as well.
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Supermarkets rarely seem to be the target of robberies since its much harder to make a quick getaway and there’s a lot more people.
Which is why robbers always seem to target service stations.
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Been here - all hype. Just has a small fridge that has moochi/macarons and then in the dog aisle a small scoop and weigh station… nothing to blow anyone away with. I prefer the Woolworths on the other side.
My local Coles was subject to a few armed hold ups back in the 90s when 24 hour trading first came in. I suspect it’ those hours that make it attractive.
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i know when i lived in melbourne the stores with 24 hour trading wound back and it was really only those within shopping centres - generally not stand alone stores or those in smaller outdoor malls. i assume this helped with security
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Broadway Shopping Centre is hardly ‘the suburbs’
I do like the idea. I honestly see very little downside from a consumer AND the cashier’s perspective. It removes any possibility of the cashier making any counting mistakes and accusations of short-changing a customer, and thus probably takes a lot of pressure off of them. I would imagine the machine takes a lot less time to count coins and notes as well (unless they’re damaged enough that the machine rejects them, in which case the human is there for backup).
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