Woolworths has warned the Victorian government the state's shoppers may face food and product shortages on the shelves of their local store if restrictions at distribution centres are not lifted before Christmas. 9News
travel from store to store outside of their local area in order to find products on shelves.
"We've been working to support the Government's overarching health objective of reducing community movements to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. As part of the BCA round table Woolworths was asked to share modelling on the impact stock shortages in individual stores could have on broader community movements based on shopping behaviour from March and April.
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