Coles Local Explained

Coles Local
Trade Name:Coles Supermarkets
Industry:Retail
Foundation:November 2018
Location City:Hawthorn East, Victoria, Australia
Num Locations:27 stores
Num Locations Year:2024
Parent:Coles Group

Coles Local is the small format brand of Coles Supermarkets in Australia, with the first store opening in November 2018 in Surrey Hills, Victoria.[1]

It has stores with that range premium products from local suppliers as well as the essentials of larger Coles stores.[2] Unique store design elements include artwork and murals drawn by local artists.[3]

It has since expanded to twenty-seven sites in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland[4] and Western Australia.[5] This includes the Balwyn North store, which opened in 1960 and was the site of the first Coles supermarket in Australia (but not the first Coles store, which opened in Collingwood in April 1914).[6]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20210402095913/https://www.colesgroup.com.au/FormBuilder/_Resource/_module/ir5sKeTxxEOndzdh00hWJw/file/Media_Release_Welcome_to_the_Neighbourhood_Coles_Local_Unveiled.pdf Welcome to the Neighbourhood - Coles Local Unveiled
  2. Web site: 2024-06-19 . Coles Local and Woolies Metro vs regular supermarkets . 2024-06-26 . CHOICE . en-au.
  3. Web site: Tran . Sophia . 2023-03-08 . Sign Here Signs completes hotel signage for DoubleTree by Hilton . 2023-07-05 . Sign Here Signs . en-AU.
  4. Web site: Coles Local. Coles. 13 January 2023.
  5. Web site: 2022-08-18 . The suburb picked for first WA Coles Local store REVEALED . 2023-07-05 . PerthNow . en.
  6. Web site: 1960 First Coles supermarket. Australian Food Timeline. 19 September 1960 . 8 May 2022.