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Regional Report 2024

Nov 15, 2024

As Woolworths marks 100 years, we look to the people and places that have made this milestone possible. Regional Australia plays a vital and irreplaceable  role in our story – growing the produce, supplying our stores, supporting our communities and serving our customers in stores right across Australia.
regional report 2024
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Welcome to the 4th Regional Report

 

We’re proud to be part of so many regional, rural and remote communities across Australia. Over the last century, our story has been intertwined with the nation’s people and producers. Reflecting on our history shows how far we’ve come with the support of Australians right across our land  – and how much further we can go together.

Our Woolworths Group 2024 Regional Report looks at the many people, partners and stories of what  contributes to the resilience of rural and regional Australia. It tells  a story about our regions - our team members, partners and members of the community - and the different factors that come together to support resilience in our regions.

We’re proud to bring you stories about:

Economic resilience by providing thousands of jobs for locals and sourcing our fresh produce from local producers.

Network resilience by establishing strong supply chains that mean even the furthest reaches of Australia have access to fresh and affordable products.

Community resilience by standing firm with our regions when they face adversity such as natural disasters.

 
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Highlights

530+


Regional sites

47,500+ 


Team members

$1.7B+ 


Wages paid

Our team


Retail trade is the second-largest employer in regional Australia, accounting for 9.4% of employed aged 15 years and over. In fact, of our 193,000+ team members, more than 47,500 are employed in regional areas.

Our suppliers and partners


We’re proud to say that 100% of Woolworths’ fresh milk, fresh red meat, chicken and eggs, and 96% of our fruit and vegetables, are grown or produced in Australia. It shows our enduring commitment to building local and regional communities and partnerships.

Our support in our community


Woolworths bases its approach to surplus food on creating positive impacts by supporting people in need through food rescue. Through our partnerships with Foodbank and OzHarvest, we’ve diverted a substantial amount of food from landfill, helping to support Australians experiencing  food insecurity. In F24, we donated over 36 million meals to our hunger relief partners, and diverted over 17,000 tonnes of food to farmers for composting, achieving a net societal benefit of $494 million.

The next 100 years


As we recognise the last 100 years, and get set to embark on the next stage, our focus will be on maintaining our ongoing contribution to the resilience of regional Australia across key economic, network and community resilience drivers.

Gallery

Woolworths Group and Ozharvest

For Woolworths Store Manager, Nam Tran, bringing joy and nourishment to those in need is what drives his passion for food rescue.

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Baronio family of Eastern Colour farm

The Baronio family of Queensland’s Eastern Colour farm, one of Woolworths Group’s long-time direct suppliers, first partnered with us in 1988.

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Mini Woolies Program

Woolworths Group’s Mini Woolies program in the Northern Territory and New Zealand, Patrick Misciagna gets emotional as he considers the lasting impact the hands-on initiative has had on young people with disabilities and their families.

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Partnering to support communities in the face of natural disaster

Instead of preparing for Christmas with wife Leanne and their kids last December, the Salvation Army’s Major Lincoln Stevens was executing a plan to deliver 15 pallets of food from Woolworths Group’s regional distribution centre in Queensland’s Townsville.

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