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Coles boss banks on efficiency gains from new warehouse

Carrie LaFrenz
Carrie LaFrenzSenior reporter

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Coles boss Leah Weckert says better product availability will translate to higher sales, justifying the supermarket giant’s investment in a new distribution centre in western Sydney.

Ms Weckert opened Coles’ second automated distribution centre embedded with technology from Germany’s Witron on Tuesday after Coles had success with a similar model introduced in April last year in Brisbane’s Redbank.

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Carrie LaFrenz is a senior journalist covering retail/consumer goods. She previously covered healthcare/biotech. Carrie has won multiple awards for her journalism including financial journalist of the year from The National Press Club. Connect with Carrie on Twitter. Email Carrie at carrie.lafrenz@afr.com

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