For goodness sakes Woolworths, get some more staff. You make enough money, so it surely wouldn't hurt your pockets to be adequately staffed.
The waiting while staff ignore you while they tend to other things is ridiculous. Particularly at the Lotto counter.
Also, some basic niceties such as "I'll be with you in a moment" - at the very least acknowledge someone is waiting - "Hello", "Thank you for waiting" or "Sorry about the wait", and "THANK YOU" are only polite, and is something that some of your staff need to learn. It's not difficult.
Robyn Henry
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October 01, 2026
Great staff and an awesome chalk artist outside the supermarket.
Nicola Rogers
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December 31, 2025
It's my local, but I'm losing more and more confidence in this store.
Items I want are on the app but not in stock, or not on the app but in stock when I go in. Makes it hard to do online shopping or work my budget. Trollies aren't always at the door. I treated myself to 2 bottles of Barkers feijoa tea, got the bottles home and discovered BBD as 11/11/25. I purchased on 23/12/25. There's still some bottles with the same BBD a week later. And I recently went in late afternoon to lots of empty shelves, not a lot of meat and the soft plastic bins were full with the overflow on the floor. Often have found items on special or loaded with bonus points not in stock. IMO, Waimak Junction a better store.
Leeroy Jackson
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July 19, 2026
Went to this store on a Tuesday and it was an awful experience! It was jam packed, staff were run off their feet, lines for miles and lots of stock missing from the shelves. I asked what was going on and they said thats a normal Tuesday for them. The place was out of control with no clear management. You couldn't pay me to go back to this store!
Stephanie Ramsey
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June 29, 2026
Had everything we needed and were happy and helpful staff
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For goodness sakes Woolworths, get some more staff. You make enough money, so it surely wouldn't hurt your pockets to be adequately staffed. The waiting while staff ignore you while they tend to other things is ridiculous. Particularly at the Lotto counter. Also, some basic niceties such as "I'll be with you in a moment" - at the very least acknowledge someone is waiting - "Hello", "Thank you for waiting" or "Sorry about the wait", and "THANK YOU" are only polite, and is something that some of your staff need to learn. It's not difficult.
Great staff and an awesome chalk artist outside the supermarket.
It's my local, but I'm losing more and more confidence in this store. Items I want are on the app but not in stock, or not on the app but in stock when I go in. Makes it hard to do online shopping or work my budget. Trollies aren't always at the door. I treated myself to 2 bottles of Barkers feijoa tea, got the bottles home and discovered BBD as 11/11/25. I purchased on 23/12/25. There's still some bottles with the same BBD a week later. And I recently went in late afternoon to lots of empty shelves, not a lot of meat and the soft plastic bins were full with the overflow on the floor. Often have found items on special or loaded with bonus points not in stock. IMO, Waimak Junction a better store.
Went to this store on a Tuesday and it was an awful experience! It was jam packed, staff were run off their feet, lines for miles and lots of stock missing from the shelves. I asked what was going on and they said thats a normal Tuesday for them. The place was out of control with no clear management. You couldn't pay me to go back to this store!
Had everything we needed and were happy and helpful staff