Around 700 jobs will be lost as Woolworths automates key logistics facilities in Sydney and Melbourne.
There are currently about 1,350 people employed at warehouses in Minchinbury and Yennora in Sydney, and Mulgrave in Melbourne. All three centres will be closed in 2025.
Woolworths said that 650 ongoing workers will be needed to run its new automated and semi-automated distribution centres, which will be located in the south-west Sydney suburb of Moorebank.
The centre will be owned by Qube logistics and initially leased by Woolworths for 20 years.
It is connected by rail to Port Botany, and Woolworths said it will mean at least 26,000 fewer truck movements per year on Sydney’s roads.
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