A major supermarket says its Dubbo store's hours will return to normal from Tuesday and it's recruited extra staff to help meet community demand for online orders amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Coles reduced its opening times to 9am to 6pm on Thursday for five days and temporarily closed its deli.
By 8pm Wednesday last week there were a total of 167 confirmed cases in the Western NSW Local Health District and in Dubbo 70 venues of concern.
On Friday Coles cited team member availability for its temporary changes and said it was working hard to increase capacity.
By Monday it reported of positive progress to that goal.
"We are pleased to see team members returning to work at our Dubbo store this week," a spokesperson said.
"From tomorrow trading hours will return to normal and we will be recommencing Coles Online orders.
"We have hired four new customer service agents to drive our delivery vans and we will be focused on improving home delivery availability for the community.
"We are grateful for the patience and kindness from customers during this time and look forward to continuing to supply essential food and groceries the Dubbo community."
Case numbers at Dubbo grew by 23 to 8pm on Monday.
Other Dubbo supermarkets also cut back opening hours last week amid increasing case numbers and venues of concern.
Opening hours at Woolworths' three Dubbo stores remain changed, and are currently trading from 8am to 7pm, the company confirmed on Tuesday.
Customers can view opening hours on its website.
"We thank our customers for their ongoing support and patience as our teams work hard to serve the additional demand during lockdown," a Woolworths spokesperson said.
"We also ask that they continue to treat our team members and each other with respect as we work through this unsettling time together."
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Faye Wheeler
I have been a journalist for more than a decade and in that time I have been keeping Daily Liberal readers up to date about issues affecting them and what's happening in their community. Throughout my career I have covered a range of rounds and most recently I have been focusing on the business round.
I have been a journalist for more than a decade and in that time I have been keeping Daily Liberal readers up to date about issues affecting them and what's happening in their community. Throughout my career I have covered a range of rounds and most recently I have been focusing on the business round.
