Woolworths as Australia’s largest retailer, they depend on their teams across their stores, distribution centres and support offices to provide our customers with exceptional service, products and price.
Their people are at the heart of our business and together, we are committed to ensuring Woolworths Group is a great place to work.
History of Woolworths
The history of Woolworths is:
We opened our doors for business on Friday, 5 December 1924.
On Friday, 5 December 1924, Woolworths Stupendous Bargain Basement opened for business in Sydney’s Imperial Arcade.
Percy Christmas, Founding CEO said of the event: ‘Every city needs a Woolworths: Sydney has it now. Every man, woman and child needs a handy place where good things are cheap.’ Little did he know, that more than 92 years later, these words would still form the basis of our team philosophy and values.
We officially became a ‘chain’ when our second store opened on 6 August 1927.
It was never our intention to develop into a ‘chain’, but when we were offered a bargain priced premises on Queen Street in Brisbane, we had to accept it.
The depression years were wreaking havoc across the world, but for some reason, Woolworths continued to grow.
In 1929, we opened our first store in New Zealand and by 1930, we had 16 stores across New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia.
Brand Evolution
We officially became a ‘chain’ when our second store opened on 6 August 1927.
It was never our intention to develop into a ‘chain’, but when we were offered a bargain priced premises on Queen Street in Brisbane, we had to accept it.
The depression years were wreaking havoc across the world, but for some reason, Woolworths continued to grow.
In 1929, we opened our first store in New Zealand and by 1930, we had 16 stores across New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia.
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The expantion of the company
There were celebrations all round the day we opened our 300th store.
Queues lined the block as we prepared to open the doors of our 300th store, in Wentworthville NSW.
In just four years, we had experienced unprecedented growth, thanks to the revolution of self-service and dedicated food stores.
The acquisition of Queensland’s BCC stores also helped us open a further 100 stores throughout the state.
