Dickson Woollies to get an upgrade

The DA would be to replace the outside signage featuring the old logo, with the one with the new logo.

thomped2 said :

Yes they are almost done refurbing it,
…that kick people out of jobs.

Not true

We have swapped to Coles at Gungahlin. We have been devout Woolyites for years but they have given us the poops. As you say, a couple of mins in the other direction and we have free underground parking and decent aisles.

sepi said :

Except you can’t find anything, cos they are continuously moving everything around.

Exactly.
Wasted 15min looking around for my faithful Preen shirt stain remover. Even the store people were unsure as to its new or temporary home.

Goddamit, where the hell is it??

thomped2 said :

Also keep a watch out for woolies they have been stocking less and less of a wide range of products, IE no cheap 3rd party ‘homebrand’ just their select brand and the leading brand.

…I think you may have just answered my question. Crap, I’ll have to visit Gungahlin or Belco.

bd84 said :

The internal refurb must be close to being complete by now..

Not bloody quite. I’d stay away from it for a while longer.

Only 5 or 6 minutes up the road to Gungahlin folks…
Free parking too. Try it – you might be surprised.

Some of the aisles are wider, but some are narrower as well- making it almost impossible for two trolleys to pass. I can’t find anything either sepi, because the refit has meant everything has moved at least about 4 times in the last 6 weeks- really annoying me to say the least.

I like the self serve checkouts- I know they do cost jobs and thats not a good thing, but anything is better then waiting forever i the lineup for the express checkouts.

Oh and given not too many people read the DA notices, I though people might be interested…

It is actually better then usual in there at the mo. The temporary aisles are much wider, and there are far fewer customers. Except you can’t find anything, cos they are continuously moving everything around.

Fine. I don’t go there. But what I was alluding to is that North Canberra folk are probably not pleased that it isn’t getting more than just a facelift.

The upgrade has been going on for weeks, it is internal as well as external. I’ve been avoiding it becase it’s such a shambles inside.

Old news Al,

Dickson Woolies has been carrying out renovations for several weeks.

They’ve already had a minorish internal fitout, they’ve got rid of the grog section and a bit of a revamp of the fruit and veg area and I think put in some new shelving or maybe just moved the existing shelving.

The fast lanes work quite well there I reckon. I’ve been there a few times and there’s been a lineup going back nearly to the fruit and veg section and I’ve been served in about 5 mins. Better than Gungahlin Woolies.

Yes they are almost done refurbing it,
unfortunately they have put in those stupid temperamental DIY checkouts that kick people out of jobs.

Also keep a watch out for woolies they have been stocking less and less of a wide range of products, IE no cheap 3rd party ‘homebrand’ just their select brand and the leading brand.

you’re way behind the times, relevant whinging story found here:
http://the-riotact.com/?p=12801

The internal refurb must be close to being complete by now..

It’s internal refit has been going on for quite some time. There was a previous story about the shipping crates they have out the front. Hopefully the internal refit won’t last too much longer.