Coles Blackwood

Good shoppimg experience, freindly team members, great selection of groceries and fresh produce.

Nice shop. Clean and well run. Pleasant staff too

I enjoyed my time shopping today. The staff were very polite, cheerful and helpful. I was a bit concerned when 2 people walked in without signing in or using the sanitiser. This has happened the last few times I've been to your store. I'm not blaming you because it must be difficult for you to keep an eye on what goes on and the blame is on the selfish customers!

In 1914, the first Coles "variety store" was opened in Melbourne. Coles was founded in 1914 by George Coles when he opened what was called the "Coles Variety Store" in Smith Street in the Melbourne suburb of Collingwood.[4] More stores opened and the chain was regarded as the leaders in providing value to Australian shoppers. The building formerly occupied by the original Coles Variety Store is now the location of a Woolworths outlet – the major competitor to Coles.

Coles was run in succession by members of the Coles family from 1914 until the mid-1970s by the "famous five knights", brothers Sir George, Sir Arthur, Sir Edgar, Sir Kenneth and Sir Norman – known by their first initials – GJ, AW, EB, KF, NC.[5]

In 1960, the first supermarket was opened in the Melbourne suburb of Balwyn North and in 1973, a Coles store had been established in all capital cities of the country.

Kmart Australia Limited was born out of a joint venture between G.J. Coles & Coy (Coles) and S.S. Kresge (later Kmart Corporation) in the US. The first store opened in the Melbourne suburb of Burwood in 1969. In 1978, Kresge (Kmart) exchanged its 51% stake in Kmart Australia for a 20% stake in G.J. Coles & Coy Coles, allowing Coles Myer to fully acquire Kmart Australia.[6][7]

Coles Myer (1986–2006)

Coles Group was previously known as Coles Myer (1986–2006)
By the 1980s, Coles primarily operated supermarkets, whilst Myer operated the department store chains Myer and Grace Brothers, as well as the Target discount variety store chain in Australia, and fast food restaurant chain Red Rooster (which it acquired in 1981).[8] Both Coles and Myer grew throughout Australia through growth and acquisitions, and both independently listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. In August 1985, the Myer Emporium Ltd and GJ Coles & Coy Ltd merged,[9] becoming the largest ever Australian Corporation.[10] The official name change to "Coles Myer Limited" followed in January 1986. The U.S. Kmart Corporation continued to hold shareholding in the merged company until Kmart sold its 21.5% stake in November 1994.[6]

A new head office opened in 1987 at Hawthorn East, Melbourne. As of 2022, it remained the head office for Coles Group and associated subsidiaries.

Bi-Lo was acquired by Coles Myer in 1987.[11] It was a major supermarket chain and continued to be owned and operated by Coles Myer in parallel to Coles Supermarkets. Bi-Lo was rebranded to Coles from 2007, the last store rebranded in 2017.

The office stationery chain Officeworks, based on the US chain Office Depot, was established in 1993 with the first store opening in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond in June 1994. This represented a successful introduction of a "category killer" – by comparison, around the same time Coles unsuccessfully attempted to negate the arrival of Toys "R" Us with the short-lived chain World 4 Kids.

In 1996, the operations of Target and Fosseys (earlier "Coles-Fossey") merged and the first Baby Target speciality store was opened, followed in 1998 by Target Home. In 1999, regional Fosseys stores were re-badged as Target Country, with metropolitan stores closed. Following Target's operating loss of $43m in 2001, the chain's format was repositioned to compete less with Kmart, Woolworths's Big W, Harris Scarfe and The Warehouse, and more with Myer, with a focus on "middle class" quality products, especially clothing and home wares.

In 1998, Coles Myer opened the first Megamart store, in Coorparoo, Queensland. Harris Technology, a computer hardware and software reseller started by Ron Harris in 1986, was acquired in 1999.

By 2001, Coles Myer planned to expand the Megamart chain of furniture and electrical stores, but by 2005 had decided to divest the struggling chain. Six of the nine stores were sold to competitor Harvey Norman, with the remainder closed.

In 2001, the Company appointed John Fletcher, formerly of Brambles, as chief executive.

Great service, great staff.

The Coles manager Skye was absolutely fantastic, She went above and beyond to help me. My almost 3 year old decided to have a tantrum, and she grabbed my basket and helped with the last of my shopping and put it through for me. Not only that but she took my bag to the car for me! If that isn't great service then I dont know what is. Thanks so much for your help, it was greatly appreciated!

Great store.
This store has I wide range of products to insure I found what I needed when I needed it. They seem to of adapted well to the covid 19 pandemic and had either plastic or glass shields at each self serve checkout and had hand sanitizer ready to go.

I find Coles Blackwood staff very polite and helpful..but you need to enlarge the twelve items sign as to many people ignore it. The checkout lady was abused on my last visit for letting twenty items through resulting in a large quew. Have a good day.ray.

Sophie & Aksay are Amazing and Total Legends! I went in to my local Coles in Blackwood and am so Grateful these two Amazing Staff Members were there! I had to find a receipt for a specific fruit I had bought 3 weeks prior & they both helped me look through with the details I had in past receipts on the computer! Thank You So So Much!!!

I went to True Grit in Wakerie and thought I would take some food to snack on in the car....car trouble happened & next thing I knew the place I went to chuck my fruit out was actually BIOSECURITY! Because I had no receipt I possibly face a $406-$10,000 Fine! 😞

So Lucky the staff and people working at Coles in Blackwood were well trained, super helpful, had great customer service,
& knew how to pull up past records! Thank You So Much Sophie & Aksay you both are Awesome & I will definitely continue shopping here! 😀

Can always get a good car park and good friendly service. Quality produce at competetive prices. The trolly collection service is a lot better than many other Coles stores too with minimal trolleys left laying around the car park.

Next to my gym,sometimes busy but generally good. Friendly & happy staff,always helpful even if they're doing something. Great to grab something after a gym session.

A nice store! Had everything I needed

A nice supermarket, almost items never be out of stock, you can get almost products in store. Very good. But a small question why the banana still be green? 😂😋

The scoop and weigh area is always immaculately clean and the bins are kept full! My go to shop for loose nuts and nibbles. :)

SERVICE is excellent. fruit is not as tasty as MT barker though. I like chobani from this store too. Overall a good store.

A smaller sized Coles, but still a good store. It would be great if there was more of a selection of vegan items.

Always well stocked and staff friendly and helpful.

Excellent variety of products, friendly staff, and you can recycle soft plastics here as well. 👍🏻

I was looking for cleaning supplies and was helped very efficiently and effectively by Helen, she also was very chatty and a lovely presence in the store. Thanks Helen!

Car park can get very busy, try coming in from the Belair pub side versus the entrances on the roundabout side ... good product range