Because Coles prides itself on delivering as much Australian produce as it can, they have heavily influenced the success of home growers by including them in their supply chain.
- Currently, 96% of all fresh produce sold at Coles is Australian grown.
- 90% of Coles brand products are Australian made, and all fresh meat is Australian.
- The Coles Brand frozen vegetables available in stores, is 100% Australian, and the Coles Brand cheese that is now available is also produced in Victoria.
- With the demand of Australian produce, Coles has been able to generate over 10,000 new jobs and more than $4 billion in extra sales of Australian grown food since 2009.
- The frozen vegetables that Tasmania currently provides to Coles, has brought in over $37 million to Tasmania's economy.
Due to the incredibly high amounts of revenue that the supermarket regularly earns, it only makes sense that they give back to the community, and surrounding society, and Coles have done just that.
These are but a few causes that Coles is contributing to, and it is very clear that they have the monetary and social power to impact positively on the Australian community.
Coles continues to satisfy their customers, by providing as many efficent and easily accessible services as possible. The recent mobile phone website development that Coles has produced, is one example of this, which allows customers to order their groceries simply with the touch of a few buttons. Generally speaking, providing customers with exactly what they want is required to make any sort of profit, and is key when running a business. However, this has dramatically changed the way our society functions, and people are becoming more and more reliant on technology, and other services like home delivery and convenience foods. It is easy to blame hectic lives and family and work on this, but we are in essence becoming more and more lazy, and large companies such as Coles can be held accountable for this arising issue.
- $21.9 million has been donated to programs and charities in 2012 alone.
- Coles provided 852,000 meals through their program SecondBite.
- 1.25 Million kg of food was donated to Foodbank
- Over $1.7 million was raised for the Cancer Council Helpline
- Coles team members donated blood throughout the year, which equated to the amount capable of saving over 1700 lives.
- Over $180,000 was distributed to support growers of bush food, through the Coles Indigenous Food Fund
- Limited edition shopping bags where available to support the education of children on Palm Island.
These are but a few causes that Coles is contributing to, and it is very clear that they have the monetary and social power to impact positively on the Australian community.
Coles continues to satisfy their customers, by providing as many efficent and easily accessible services as possible. The recent mobile phone website development that Coles has produced, is one example of this, which allows customers to order their groceries simply with the touch of a few buttons. Generally speaking, providing customers with exactly what they want is required to make any sort of profit, and is key when running a business. However, this has dramatically changed the way our society functions, and people are becoming more and more reliant on technology, and other services like home delivery and convenience foods. It is easy to blame hectic lives and family and work on this, but we are in essence becoming more and more lazy, and large companies such as Coles can be held accountable for this arising issue.