An Overview of Woolworths

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By Tom Dufficy 16558898 An Overview of Woolworths

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By Tom Dufficy

16558898

An Overview of Woolworths

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1924 - First store opened

1930-40’s – Rapid growth

1970’s – Largest retailer for Fresh fruit and Vegetables

1980’s – Market leaders

1990’s – Entered Petrol market with Caltex

History and background

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Today – over 700 stores

Employs over 190, 000 people

Serve over 13 million customers per day

Refurbishments of stores in 2008

Background Cont’d

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Low prices you can count on everyday

Fresh Produce achieved by sourcing the majority of products from Australia.

Established the Woolworths Quality Assurance Program

Goals

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Retaining quality staff is critical to their success.

Many training and development opportunities available to employees

$63 Million devoted to training and development

Management is largely made up of employees who have been with the company for many years

Training & Development

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Questions

Do you support Woolworth’s idea to install Self-Serve checkouts in their supermarkets? Why/Why not?

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