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- Woolworths expands community hour and introduces new social distancing measures to uphold public safety
- Woolworths Group helps small business during challenging times
- Woolworths Group working to fill up to 20,000 new roles across food and drinks to better meet the ongoing needs of the community
- Woolworths launches new initiative to increase grocery home deliveries to vulnerable Australians
- Woolworths rolls out new safety measures in support of social distancing and team welfare in store
- Update on impact of coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Woolworths to introduce a dedicated shopping hour for the elderly and people with disability
- Woolworths partners with Meals on Wheels to support elderly
- Woolworths applies purchasing limit on toilet paper packs as suppliers ramp up production to meet demand
- Woolworths supports March Dignity Drive with growing period poverty
- Woolworths unveils plans for new temperature controlled distribution centre in Queensland
- Female cricketer featured on Australian coinage for the first time in celebration of ICC Women’s T20 World Cup
- Woolworths, Foodbank and WWF Australia band together to support wildlife
- Woolworths backs Tasmanian organics with $500,000 interest-free loan to Biofarms Australia
- Woolworths backs major expansion at Western Australian organic farm Gingin
- Executive leadership appointments at Endeavour Group
- Carrum Downs the first Woolworths in Australia to get cutting edge online shopping technology
- Countdown to go Unwrapped
- BIG W’s Free Books For Kids Returns with The Wiggles New “Here to Help” Series
- Woolworths launches own brand water solution to help provide long term support to communities impacted by natural disaster
- Woolworths launches Banana Bread for good
- Woolworths Group says thank you to volunteer firefighters and emergency services with 10% discount
- Endeavour Drinks partners with Shorty’s Liquor to accelerate growth in B2B drinks segment
- Woolworths pledges $250,000 to help with bushfire wildlife rescue and recovery
- BIG W and Woolworths pledge $200k to support bushfire impacted schools
- Woolworths Group extends paid leave policy for team members volunteering for rural fire services
- Sydney Zoo animals feed on surplus fresh food from Woolworths, playing their part in the circular economy
- Woolworths opens its most sustainable supermarket in new Burwood Brickworks
- Woolworths starts work on $12m expansion of Townsville Distribution Centre
- Woolworths Group announces Chairman-elect for Endeavour Group
- Woolworths Junior Landcare Grants helps 100,000 Aussie students to get hands-on in environmental projects
- Proposed class action in relation to salaried team member payments
- CEO and Chairman acknowledge leadership responsibility
- Woolworths decks the shelves with food innovation this Christmas
- Woolworths Delivery Now service offers Gold Coast shoppers grocery delivery in under two hours
- TCS named Woolworths Group IT Partner of the Year for 2019
- Woolworths OzHarvest Christmas Appeal launches to help feed Aussies in need
- Woolworths announces Danone Australia as Supplier of the Year
- Hilton Foods Australia unveils $280m fresh meat production facility in Heathwood to service hundreds of Woolworths stores
- Caltex and Woolworths welcome customers to the new age of convenience
- Woolworths pledges half a million to Salvos bushfire support efforts
- Remote schools receive educational boost through Woolworths Earn & Learn program
- Statement regarding Salaried Team Members
- Woolworths and TerraCycle to bring revolutionary ‘Loop’ platform to Australia to tackle plastic waste
- Woolworths and Qantas Frequent Flyer deliver even more value with partnership refresh
- Woolworths stands together with leading Australian charities to launch new Drought Action Appeal
- Woolworths Group named top Asia Pacific company in global Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) Index
- Endeavour Drinks welcomes Chapel Hill and establishes Paragon Wine Estates
- Woolworths Discovery Garden unearthed
- From bread to beer: Woolworths helps create its first circular economy craft beer ‘Loafer’
- F19 Final Profit and Dividend Announcement
- Woolworths rolls out Quiet Hour to select stores across Australia
- Woolworths Fresh Magazine hits 5 million readership milestone
- Woolworths announces Discovery Garden
- International expert to help fight food waste in Australia
- Woolworths Group partners with Takeoff Technologies to enhance customers online shopping experience
- Share the Dignity launches sanitary product collection drive across Woolworths
- Woolworths breaks ground on $135m Melbourne Fresh Distribution Centre development
- Woolworths boost for students’ environmental projects
- Retail media business 'Cartology' launches with innovation and the customer at the heart of its offering
- BIG W announcement
- Disney and Woolworths team up to celebrate The Lion King
- Southwest Sydney organic farm to expand with $250,000 grant from Woolworths Organic Growth Fund
- Woolworths reaffirms commitment to Reconciliation
- Intention to separate Endeavour Group following merger of Endeavour Drinks and ALH
- Woolworths expands Scan&Go to five new locations
- Lockyer Valley farming group to benefit from Woolworths Organic Growth Fund
- Three billion reasons to thank customers for a greener Australia
- Woolworths offers Apple Pay to its credit card customers
- Woolworths Group invests A$30 million into strategic partnership with leading subscription-based meal kit provider Marley Spoon
- Woolworths reaches major milestone in fight against food waste
- New barcode trial promises to cut product recall food waste and improve traceability
- Woolworths awarded Gold for second year running in LGBTI Awards
- Woolworths Group successfully completes A$1.7 billion off-market Buy-Back
- Woolworths to roll out defibrillators across all stores nationally to treat sudden cardiac arrest
- Woolworths Group Q3'19 Sales results
- Woolworths launches free supplier app to improve product availability and merchandising
- Australian dairy farmers have now received an extra $10m from Woolworths sustainable dairy initiatives
- Woolworths Group first globally to issue Certified Green Bonds for a supermarket
- Delivery Now service offers Brisbane shoppers grocery delivery in under two hours
- Woolworths Group market update
- More than 500 Aussie schools to share in half a million dollars to help grow the next generation of environmental champions
- Woolworths Fairfield Central rebuilds after Townsville floods
- Woolworths Group launches stand-alone media business
- Woolworths partners with Share the Dignity in fight to end period poverty
- Jamie Oliver and Woolworths make healthier eating easier for Aussies
- Woolworths and Disney partner to create magical world of words
- Woolworths starts work on $57 million expansion, solar installation at Adelaide Regional Distribution Centre
- Woolworths Group announces new director
- Woolworths to transition out of $1 per litre fresh milk in support of a more sustainable Australian dairy industry
- Woolworths celebrates 60 years of iconic Aussie TV show Mr Squiggle
- Woolworths Group signs up to BCA Supplier Payment Code
- Woolworths reaffirms commitment to Townsville with $20m investment in local store network and distribution centre
- Aussies can make a difference for food insecure families heading back to school
- Woolworths continues to deliver drought relief to dairy farmers
- Woolworths extends Drought Relief Milk effort
- Long-term supply agreement with Woolworths spurs $30m investment at Junee Abattoir
- Woolworths rolls out solar first in Young car park
- Woolworths launches ‘The Kitchen’ concept store in Double Bay
- Woolworths announces AB Foods as Supplier of the Year
- Woolworths welcomes Federal Government commitment to refugee employment program
- Woolworths partners with WWF for a more sustainable future
- Christmas magic comes to Woolworths with ‘Christmas Pop-Outs'
- Woolworths Group to sell Petrol business and enter into commercial alliance with EG Group
- Woolworths steps up super contributions for team members on parental leave
- Woolworths Group Q1'19 Sales results
- $30 million fund launched by Woolworths to help Aussie farmers meet the growing customer demand for organic fruit and vegetables
- ‘Bag for good’ funds Woolworths Junior Landcare Grants Program
- Woolworths Drought Relief Milk to hit the shelves this week
- Woolworths welcomes industry moves towards circular economy
- Woolworths’ Public Acknowledgement
- Woolworths announces drought relief milk range to support dairy farmers
- Maurice Blackburn class action
- Woolworths Carrier of the Year Awards 2018
- Woolworths Group named top Australian company in 2018 Thomson Reuters Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) Index
- More than $7 million raised to date by the Woolworths Group and their customers in support of drought-affected Aussie farmers
- Final profit and dividend announcement for the 52 weeks ended 24 June 2018
- Woolworths to donate all profits from fresh food sales this Saturday to support drought affected Aussie farmers
- ALH Group review into responsible gaming
- Woolworths opens its first next generation supermarket in Brisbane
- Woolworths supports drought affected Aussie farmers with $1.5million funding boost to Rural Aid
- Woolworths Rewards now available on Google Pay
- Woolworths Group enters new alliance with Caltex
- Growing customer demand drives Macro range expansion at Woolworths
- Update on Sale of Petrol Business to BP
- Single-use plastic shopping bags gone for good at Woolworths
- Woolworths steps onto the cricket pitch with nationwide junior community partnership
- Woolworths Group reaffirms its commitment to a Greener Future
- Woolworths announces new dedicated Melbourne Fresh Distribution Centre
- Woolworths Group FY18 Third Quarter Results
- Vale Michael Luscombe, former CEO of Woolworths Group
- Woolworths announces June 20 as the date for national phase out of single-use plastic bags
- Vital resource boost for Australian schools with Woolworths Earn & Learn delivery
- Limited edition coin series helps Australians celebrate the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Woolworths puts an end to gift card expiry dates for good
- Media statement on gaming
- Woolworths reaffirms commitment to offering customers healthier choices
- 2018 Half-Year Profit and Dividend Announcement
- Woolworths unveils the next generation of supermarket
- IMF Bentham discontinues funding of potential class action
- New Managing Director announced for Endeavour Drinks
- Woolworths announces Chobani as Supplier of the Year
- ACCC opposes BP proposed acquisition of Woolworths Group’s fuel business
- Woolworths extends gift card expiry to three years nationally
- Woolworths reaffirms commitment to improving labour rights in fresh food supply chains
- Woolworths pleased to see food waste reduction is now a national priority
- For just 50 cents help share a meal for Aussies in need this Christmas
- Woolworths first to commit to Australasian Recycling Label across Own Brand product range
- Endeavor Drinks Group gives customers greater control over online deliveries
- Woolworths Rewards coming to iPhone
- Woolworths Group FY18 First Quarter Results
- Woolworths’ Public Acknowledgement
- Woolworths and Foodbank: 15 years, 15 million kilos
- Woolworths partners with NSW Government for Seniors Card holders
- Woolworths steps into the goal circle with Netball Australia partnership
- Completion of Home Consortium Transaction
- TOMRA Cleanaway JV announces Woolworths as first retail partner to help support the delivery of NSW Government sustainability initiative
- Countdown to phase-out single-use plastic carrier bags by end of 2018
- New Woolworths Beecroft opens single-use plastic bag free
- Woolworths Carrier of the Year Awards 2017
- Woolworths first to roll out Pick Up service nationally for online orders
- Woolworths hits the road as Fresh Market Update returns
- Final profit and dividend announcement for the 52 weeks ended 25 June 2017
- Woolworths joins Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games sponsor family
- Discover the wonder of Possum Magic with limited edition collector coin series
- BP proposed acquisition of Woolworths petrol sites
- Statement on CUSCAL processing error
- Woolworths Group announces move away from single-use lightweight plastic shopping bags nationwide
- Woolworths' fresh boost for the next generation of surfers
- Statement on EziBuy
- Food Rescue leadership recognised at Green Ribbon Awards
- Woolworths launches Australia’s largest supermarket customer sampling community
- Woolworths Kalgoorlie leads the way in Indigenous employment program
- Nationwide country of origin labelling education program launched at Woolworths
- Woolworths Group FY17 Third Quarter Results
- Woolworths supports Kraft Heinz commitments to FAD free tuna
- Update on Home Improvement Exit
- Statement on Woolworths Supermarkets supplier payment terms
- IMF Bentham class action funding announcement
- Woolworths Group FY17 Half-Year Earnings Announcement
- Woolworths now accepting UnionPay debit and credit cards
- Woolworths Group launches Corporate Responsibility Strategy 2020
- Woolworths Group appoints new Managing Director of Woolworths Supermarkets
- No added wax on new season apples at Woolworths in 2017
- Woolworths names Cargill Teys as Supplier of the Year
- Statement on Masters
- Statement on ACCC v Woolworths judgment
- Woolworths unveils festive Reindeer Carrots range to feed Christmas Eve demand
- Woolworths and Australia Post partner for easy parcel pick-ups
- Resignation of Sally Macdonald, CEO of BIG W
- Woolworths welcomes Christmas season
- Woolworths secures new agreement with SPC Ardmona
- Next generation of Woolworths stores unveiled on Sydney’s Northern Beaches
- Woolworths' statement on SPC Ardmona
- Woolworths, The Salvation Army and Adam Goodes ‘S.T.A.N.D. Together’ for natural disaster relief
- Woolworths recall of Halloween Flashing Tumbler and Goblet
- Woolworths Group FY17 First Quarter Results
- Woolworths Carrier of the Year Awards 2016
- Woolworths commences roll out of Country of Origin labelling
- Completion of sale of HTH Group
- Market Update on Woolworths' Petrol Business
- Federal Court rules in Woolworths favour
- Home Improvement Exit Update
- Woolworths Group FY16 Full Year Earnings Announcement
- Woolworths Update on Home Improvement Exit
- Woolworths unveils a first for Australian retail with Food Innovators Centre
- Significant Improvements to Woolworths Rewards
- Corporate Affairs Director announcement
- Woolworths looks at options to sell EziBuy
- Woolworths Limited Update on Operating Model Review
- Woolworths shoppers win gold with exclusive Olympic coin launch
- Woolworths Trolley Trends Report reveals Australia’s new village green
- Roger Corbett AO Board advisory role concludes
- Settlement Agreement with ACCC on Laundry Matter
- Woolworths announces new director
- Third Quarter Sales Results – Financial Year 2016 13 Weeks to 3 April 2016
- Woolworths to bolster its Indigenous workforce through new employment initiative
- Woolworths Crows Nest welcomes first customers to new store
- Woolworths Mascot welcomes first customers to new store
- Woolworths Limited HY16 Earnings Announcement
- Brad Banducci appointed as Woolworths CEO
- Senior management change - Home Improvement
- Woolworths Limited Board changes
- Fresh Cut salad products recall
- Woolworths Chancellor Park upgrade commences for a better shopping experience
- Woolworths to engage M&C Saatchi as key creative partner
- Woolworths proud to support great young Australians
- Recall of BIG W Water Bottle (part of the Back to School Backpack Bundle – various styles)
- Home Improvement Joint Venture Update
- Woolworths intends to exit Home Improvement business
- Woolworths Beldon upgrade commences for a better shopping experience
- Woolworths Launches on Tmall Global
- Petrol price information sharing proceedings resolved
- Sally Macdonald appointed BIG W CEO
- Woolworths and Qantas announce new Frequent Flyer partnership
- Statement on ACCC Proceedings
- Vincentia Marketplace set to open for local residents
- Woolworths launches Post Paid Phone Plan and dials up its Pre-paid offering
- Woolworths Nightcliff completes upgrade for a better shopping experience
- Free Fruit for Kids at Woolworths
- Roger Corbett Appointment
- Retirement of Non-Executive Director Christine Cross
- Woolworths campaign shows what Australians are famous for this Christmas
- Statement on Baby Formula
- Milk just like the farmers like it comes to South Australia
- First Quarter Sales Results – Financial Year 2016 14 weeks to 4 October 2015
- Woolworths Rewards gives you money off your shop faster
- Retirement of Non Executive Director
- Woolworths is shaping up with Delicious Nutritious range by Michelle Bridges
- Woolworths customers enjoy Low Price, Always
- Woolworths brings Ancient Animals world to life via global gaming phenomenon Minecraft
- Woolworths Tamworth Eastpoint welcomes first customers to new store
- Woolworths Cranbourne East welcomes first customers to new store
- Woolworths Board Update
- Woolworths to send zero food waste to landfill with OzHarvest partnership
- Response to ACCC comments on the Food and Grocery Code
- Credit Rating Changes
- Credit Rating Changes - 28 August 2015
- Chairman announcement
- Final Profit and Dividend Announcement for the 52 weeks ended 28 June 2015
- Senior management announcement
- Woolworths Corio to complete upgrade for a better shopping experience
- Woolworths feeds fresh talent with Olympics scholarships
- Dan Murphy’s stamps its Seal of Approval on latest Cellar Release
- Brickworks Marketplace set to open for local residents
- Market Update – June 2015
- Woolworths Selandra Rise welcomes first customers to new store
- Woolworths Connect launches with pre-paid mobile offering
- Woolworths to invest $650m and add 2,000 new jobs in Victoria
- Woolworths Baldivis welcomes first customers to new store
- Third Quarter Sales Results – Financial Year 2015 13 weeks to 5 April 2015
- Woolworths Food Group’s plan to get customers to put us first
- Lean Retail Model to drive three-year growth plans
- Woolworths Dalyellup welcomes first customers to new store
- Woolworths Fresh Food Showcase wins gold at Sydney Royal Easter Show
- Retirement of Non-Executive Director
- Jamie Oliver opens the Sydney Royal Easter Show in the Woolworths Fresh Food Dome
- Woolworths supports the Stawell Gift - Australia’s oldest running race
- Dan Murphy’s opens new store at Brickworks
- Milk just like the farmers like it comes to Queensland
- Woolies lines up Disney•Pixar characters for new Collectibles domino range
- Sale of holding in The Warehouse Group Limited
- Woolworths ranked Australia’s top retail graduate employer
- Australian Food and Liquor leadership changes
- Half Year Profit and Dividend Announcement for the 27 weeks ended 4 January 2015
- eBay and Woolworths to reinvent the way Australians shop
- Woolworths Marsden Fifth Avenue welcomes first customers to new store
- Incident at Morley Galleria Shopping Centre, WA
- Woolies feeds fresh music talent with Samantha Jade
- Woolworths supports the Australian Olympic Team on the Road to Rio 2016
- Woolworths and Tennis Australia join forces to feed fresh talent
- Woolworths Petrol offers customers up to 14c a litre off fuel
- Woolworths helps South Australian bushfire affected communities
- Masters creates more than 100 new jobs in first Adelaide store
- Masters creates more than 100 new jobs in Richlands
- Woolworths countdown to Christmas with the Festive Food Report
- Woolworths and Booma Boers to offer locally raised goat meat
- Masters to create more than 2,000 jobs across Western Sydney
- Milk just like the farmers like it comes to Victoria
- Woolworths Limited and Hills sign Licensing Deal
- Woolworths Liquor Group acquires Summergate
- Woolworths and Michelle Bridges 12WBT to make healthy shopping easier
- Masters and its customers raise more than $10,000 for beyondblue
- Woolworths Williams Landing welcomes first customers to new store
- Woolworths The Odd Bunch, not quite perfect looking fruit and vegetables
- Changes to Caltex-Woolworths alliance
- Woolworths Limited creates 3,000 South Australian jobs
- Woolworths Limited creates 1,000 Tasmanian jobs
- Woolworths Super Animals roar onto screens
- First Quarter Sales Results - Financial Year 2015 14 Weeks to 5 October 2014
- Woolworths Wellard welcomes first customers to new store
- Woolworths Featherbrook welcomes first customers to new store
- No plans to sell BIG W
- Woolies on Wheels team helps Orange locals fight cancer
- Woolies on Wheels team helps Cowra locals fight cancer
- Woolies on Wheels team helps Bathurst locals fight cancer
- Milk just like the farmers like it comes to Western Australia
- Woolworths cuts even more prices on staples to help Australian families
- Masters commences recruitment for 100 new jobs in Adelaide
- Woolworths Oran Park welcomes first customers to new store
- Woolworths launches best value Australian loaf
- ACCC Federal Court action
- Woolworths Limited rated global sustainability leader in Food & Staples Retailing sector
- ALH Group sale and leaseback of $603 million property portfolio
- Woolworths goes cage-free in Canberra
- Woolworths Haymarket welcomes first customers to new store
- Woolworths Limited appoints new Non-Executive Director
- Woolworths Limited appoints new Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary
- Final Profit and Dividend Announcement for the 52 Weeks Ended 29 June 2014
- Woolworths Kennington welcomes first customers to new store
- Woolworths Coolangatta welcomes first customers to new store
- ACCC and Informed Sources
- Woolworths Limited to appoint Carat Australia as lead media agency
- Woolworths Liquor Group and the Winemakers' Federation of Australia sign landmark agreement
- Update - Home Improvement
- Woolworths Future of Fresh report reveals the supermarket of 2034
- Senior management change
- Walmart US CEO announcement
- Woolworths Computer Outage
- Woolworths trial of in-store cholesterol and blood pressure checks
- Woolworths Pimpama welcomes first customers to new store
- Woolworths Supports Health Star Rating Scheme
- Dan Murphy's set to welcome first customers to Wilsonton store
- Woolworths Money to partner with Visa
- Woolworths celebrates its role in creating jobs for young Australians
- Woolworths announces 200 new jobs for 'Jobs 2014'
- Masters employs its 6,000th employee at new Hoxton Park store
- Company Secretary Announcement
- Woolworths Double Bay welcomes first customers to new store
- Dan Murphy's welcomes first customers to Double Bay Store
- Woolworths Hocking welcomes first customers to new store
- Insurance advice for home renovators
- Australian men leave their 'man caves' at risk
- Woolworths investigating property divestments
- BWS partners Darren Lockyer with exclusive Bundaberg gift pack
- Woolworths and Jamie Oliver educate kids on fresh food
- Global Guiness World Records attempt kicks off at Food Revolution Day
- Woolworths Money appoints Macquarie Bank as credit card partner
- Langton's unveils Australia's Finest Wines
- Third Quarter Sales Results - Financial Year 2014 13 weeks to 6 April 2014
- Woolworths Schofields welcomes first customers to new store
- Masters Home Improvement to create 4,500 jobs in South Australian expansion
- Woolworths Agricultural Business Scholarships Now Open
- Masters creates 115 new jobs in Brighton
- Masters creates more than 140 new jobs in Bayswater
- Dan Murphy's set to welcome first customers to Melton Store
- Clarification on the David Jones transaction
- New BIG W Katoomba store brings big brands at Australia's lowest prices
- Woolworths signs new milk contract with WA's oldest dairy
- Woolworths offers certainty in new milk contract
- New milk contracts to give dairy farmers and processors certainty
- Woolworths Mossman welcomes first customers to new store
- Woolworths Seaford Meadows welcomes first customers to new store
- Woolworths Airlie Beach welcomes first customers to new store
- Woolworths Marketing Announcements
- Woolworths is the official food partner for Jamie Oliver's Ministry of Food Australia
- Masters Rockhampton celebrates its first birthday
- Woolworths says thanks to NSW Seniors
- Masters creates 110 new jobs in Bundamba
- Woolworths to create almost 7,000 jobs in FY2014
- Masters creates 140 new jobs in Robina
- Company Secretary Resignation
- Woolworths extends support for SPC and fruit growers
- Two thirds of Australians believe owning a pet is good practice for parenthood
- Senior Management Changes
- BWS versus Dan Murphy's in blood donation drive
- First Half Profit Report and Dividends Announcement for the 27 weeks ended 5 January 2014
- Woolworths customer donations pass $200,000 for drought affected areas
- The Rolling Stones Wine Rocks Into Dan Murphy's
- Woolworths seeks clarification on petrol discounts
- Woolworths Matraville welcomes first customers to new store
- Generation Success to build our workforce of tomorrow
- Home Timber & Hardware back-to-back winners of customer satisfaction award
- Woolworths and customers to give a helping hand to drought affected areas
- Farmers' Own Milk a hit with customers
- Australia's most romantic suburbs and towns - Dan Murphy's
- Australia's most romantic suburbs and towns
- Masters creates 115 new jobs in Bathurst
- Masters creates 105 new jobs in Heatherbrae
- Woolworths Travel Insurance helps Aussies take cover these holidays
- First Half Year Sales Results - Financial Year 2014 27 weeks to 5 January 2014
- Home Improvement Managing Director appointment
- Woolworths to commence $40m transformation of Crows Nest supermarket
- Chrissie Swan new face of BIG W's Avella Range
- Australia's top lamb loving towns and suburbs
- Masters' new Pakenham store brings low prices and more choice in home improvement
- Masters is encouraging Australians to make a pledge to get their DIY projects done this Australia Day
- Woolworths Drayton welcomes first customers to new store
- Woolworths customers in WA kick start fundraising drive for Telethon initiative
- Woolworths Celebrates 20 Years on the Australian Stock Exchange
- New BIG W Redbank Plaza store brings Australia's lowest prices and 100 new local jobs
- $400,000 boost for Salvos bushfire relief efforts from Woolies and its customers
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IMF Bentham discontinues funding of potential class action
IMF Bentham discontinues funding of potential class action
Thursday, 25 January 2018: Woolworths Group Limited notes the market announcement made by IMF Bentham
yesterday evening, a copy of which is attached.
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