Coles boss banks on efficiency gains from new warehouse
Carrie LaFrenzSenior reporter
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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