THE nation’s largest supermarket retailer, Woolworths, will close 250 of its 300 in-store butcheries across Australia and make about 490 staff redundant under plans revealed to staff this week.
Around 300 of Woolworths 1000 nationwide carry in-store butcheries, leaving only around 50 ‘flagship’ stores, mostly in capital cities, offering an over-the counter service.
The remainder will now offer only pre-packaged meat to customers.
The closures, likely to occur by the end of March this year, follow a similar decision by Coles in 2021 when it shut its in-store butchery counters.
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