When fresh groceries are set to hit Cairns’ shelves
Almost 200 pallets of food stock has arrived in Cairns with emergency flights bringing a long awaited repreive to residents. When fresh fruit and veg will hit shelves
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Almost 200 pallets of food stock has arrived in Cairns with emergency flights bringing a long awaited repreive to residents.
Coles Supermarkets said as roads were reopening into Cairns they had fresh food deliveries hitting Cairns supermarkets now.
“Approximately 180 pallets of stock will arrive in Cairns stores this morning, including fresh produce and meat,” a spokesman said.
“While the situation could change with more rain, we are working to get as many deliveries through as we can.”
Coles advised there were not just trucks on the way to deliver the much needed groceries.
“Coles has had pallets of food and essentials flown in on emergency flights organised by the Queensland government,” the spokesman said.
“Another flight is scheduled .. bringing in an additional 22 pallets of food, including fresh produce into Cairns.
“We also have approximately 200 pallets of stock en route by barge scheduled to arrive in Cairns including meat, fresh produce and groceries on Monday.”
Coles Queensland regional manager Brad Stewart said: “We are thinking of everyone in our community impacted by these devastating floods.
“We want to reassure everyone that our teams are working tirelessly to keep stock moving into our stores.
“We are exploring every possible option to get deliveries into Cairns, whether by road, air or sea.
“More than 200 pallets of stock are arriving in Coles stores today by road and airfreight, and we have more pallets on the way by barge.
“We thank our truck drivers, store team members, supply and transport teams as well as local authorities for working together to get food to our communities.
“While stock continues to be limited we ask customers to only buy what they need so that everyone in the community can access essential items.”
Earlier a Woolworths spokesman said throughout the week their number one priority had been on getting groceries to where they’re most needed across northern Queensland.
“Whether that’s meant having trucks poised at the edge of floodwaters to cross the moment they recede, or airlifting stock into communities,” they said.
“Our biggest challenge continues to be flooded roads – we had a brief window earlier in the week where waters receded and allowed us to get trucks into Cairns, however access has closed up again.
“We will continue to have truckloads of groceries on standby at road closure points to take advantage of any openings along the Bruce Highway and inland routes as soon as they appear.
“We’re continuing to airlift supplies into Ingham thanks to the support of the ADF chinook helicopters and have been able to bring in small volumes by land via a temporary bridge being operated by the ADF.
“We thank our teams in Far North communities who have now been working for over a week to keep the doors open for our customers in particularly challenging circumstances.”
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