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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…
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