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Woolworths speeds online orders with micro-fulfilment – The Australian Financial Review
CEO Brad Banducci says micro-fulfilment centres will be a game changer for online grocery sales, slashing dispatch and delivery times.
“The first 10 orders we managed on average to pick and dispatch in four minutes per order. That’s very quick,” Mr Banducci told The Australian Financial Review as Woolworths prepared to formally launch the MFC on Friday.
Manual online orders normally take about 30 minutes to pick and dispatch.
Woolworths built the first MFC using the Takeoff technology in a new 2400-square-metre site at the back of its 4300sq m store at Carrum Downs in Melbourne.
Future MFCs, which are likely to be closer to …
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