COLES supermarkets are planning to expand trading hours with panic buying now easing.
For the past seven weeks, the first hour of trade from 7am to 8am on weekdays has been dedicated to Coles Community Hour, so elderly and vulnerable customers as well as emergency services and healthcare workers could have access to essential food and groceries.
Coles chief operations officer Matt Swindells said the community hour had been very popular with eligible shoppers, but now that demand for groceries and product availability were returning to more normal levels it was time to welcome all customers back.
This comes after Woolworths recently announced it would be easing product limits on toilet paper, rice, hand sanitiser and antibacterial wipes.
Woolworths has also completely lifted product limits on pasta, frozen vegetables, tissues, baby wipes, baked beans, canned spaghetti, paper towels and disposable gloves.
Despite a stronger sense of normality, people are urged to continue practising social distancing in supermarkets.
