Coles Local

Coles Local is the small format brand of Coles Supermarkets in Australia, with the first store opening in November 2018 in Surrey Hills, Victoria.^[1]

Coles Local

Trade name	Coles Supermarkets
Industry	Retail
Founded	November 2018
Headquarters	Hawthorn East, Victoria, Australia
Number of locations	27 stores (2024)
Parent	Coles Group
Website	www.coles.com.au/about/our-businesses/coles-local

It has stores with that range premium products from local suppliers as well as the essentials of larger Coles stores.^[2] Unique store design elements include artwork and murals drawn by local artists.^[3]

It has since expanded to twenty-seven sites in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland^[4] and Western Australia.^[5] This includes the Balwyn North store, which opened in 1960 and was the site of the first Coles supermarket in Australia (but not the first Coles store, which opened in Collingwood in April 1914).^[6]

References

1. Welcome to the Neighbourhood - Coles Local Unveiled Coles Group 13 November 2018
2. "Coles Local and Woolies Metro vs regular supermarkets". CHOICE. 2024-06-19. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
3. Tran, Sophia (2023-03-08). "Sign Here Signs completes hotel signage for DoubleTree by Hilton". Sign Here Signs. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
4. "Coles Local". Coles. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
5. "The suburb picked for first WA Coles Local store REVEALED". PerthNow. 2022-08-18. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
6. "1960 First Coles supermarket". Australian Food Timeline. 19 September 1960. Retrieved 8 May 2022.