A Whitsunday Regional Council Spokesperson has confirmed that budget supermarket chain Aldi has lodged a development application to Council.
Only in early stages of Council’s and State Government’s assessments, the supermarket giant has proposed construction on the vacant block of land, 7-11 Central Avenue, backing onto Shute Harbour Road in Cannonvale.
The proposed Aldi store, according to the Development Application, will be 1,778 square metres and have 106 car spaces.
The Development Application outlines Aldi as being “one of the world’s largest retail companies,” operating in “16 countries with more than 7,500 stores worldwide.”
“Unlike the larger supermarket chains of Coles and Woolworths,” the Application states, “ALDI does not try to be a “one-stop shop”.
“Unlike Woolworths and Coles supermarkets ALDI offers a core range of around 1,300 products which is constantly reviewed to meet changing tastes and preferences, which is far fewer than the 30,000 items that a mainstream supermarket might stock.
“ALDI focuses on offering customers a range of exclusive brand, top quality products at low prices, by offering a breadth of, but not depth of products, with no more than two different brands offered for any one product.”
The new store would offer approximately 15 new jobs to the region, the Application outlines, with an “hourly rate of about $29 per hour, compared to the industry average of less than $22 per hour.”
This is after the construction of a KFC restaurant was approved by Council earlier this year, with construction beginning on the site recently, and expected to open mid-2024.
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