Business
Supermarket jobs still safe despite automation agenda, says Woolworths boss – Sydney Morning Herald
Woolworths chief executive Brad Banducci has pledged that supermarket jobs won’t suffer at the hands of automation.
Despite the industry-wide push into automation, Mr Banducci said he expected his supermarkets and their supply chains would employ more people in ten years than they do now.
“I think our business will have more people in it than it does now,” he said. “Where they work and what they do will change, and that’s just the way the world is.”
“We’d love to provide a bit more service in our stores, a bit more meal inspiration…we’re not lacking things we want to do, but we have to find very smart way…
-
General19 hours agoAshes engulfed by fresh DRS controversy as TV umpire gives Jamie Smith out despite RTS ‘murmur’
-
Noosa News23 hours agoMeticulously crafted home in heart of Noosa Heads
-
General22 hours ago‘Mother’s Day’ solar storm squeezed Earth’s plasmasphere to one-fifth its size
-
Noosa News19 hours agoCost of civil works surges due to labour shortages, material charges