Elderly-only shopping hour after shelves stripped bare

Woolworths will open its doors exclusively to the elderly and people with disabilities for a dedicated shopping hour, after panic buying due to the coronavirus stripped shelves of essentials items.

Woolies wipes out toilet paper panic buying

Retail giant Woolworths will limit customers to four packs of toilet paper per transaction, after supermarket shelves were stripped in recent days because of a coronavirus-led panic.

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Woolworths' staff underpayments rise to $315m - and counting

Woolworths has upped its estimated staff underpayments to $315 million and says the final amount could still be higher once a review into the nine-year scandal is complete.

Wesfarmers admits underpaying Target staff $9m

Wesfarmers has revealed it underpaid staff at its Target stores by $9m, on top of $15m in other underpayments, becoming the latest Australian company caught up in a growing wage theft scandal the shoppies’ union has branded a “full blown epidemic”.

Woolies reveals more wage underpayment

Woolworths has told investors it expects the bill from its wages underpayment scandal to come in at the lower end of the $200 million to $300 million range it previously flagged, even as more cases come to light.