Supermarket chain adopts modern warehousing efficiencies

Supermarket giant Woolworths has opened a new online Customer Fulfilment Centre in Lidcombe, NSW.

At 15,000sqm the facility is now the grocery company’s largest online hub in the country and will create 900 jobs for personal shoppers in the area. Woolworths said in a statement that its online sales lifted by 100 per cent year on year from July to September and currently account for 8 per cent of its total sales.

“We’re seeing more and more of our customers turn to the ease and convenience of online grocery delivery in western Sydney,” said Woolworths director of e-commerce, Annette Karantoni.

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