80% of these responses are garbage, I think this is a great idea, great time saver, which this days costs more than anything. Good job!!

Well do agree that already stretched staff will be overrun with this exciting new feature, all in the name of profits.

I do sympathise with the mother with sick children and suggest she uses the home delivery service s she doesn't even have to take them out. This actually creates more jobs.

These sort of inovations will only work when shareholders agree to link profits to wages. For every dollar of profit a certain percent must be spent on wages. Productivity will ultimately increase as then will service and ultimately profits.

Have to say I agree with Lisa here. I have as much love for the duopoly as the next person, but if half the muppets who have posted in this thread are retailers then it's no wonder retail is up a creek without a paddle.

Coles/Woolies are responding to the changing nature of society and the consumers need....the fact so many of you are bleating like this is a bad thing & seeking to blame someone for societies ills is also a reason why your own businesses are probably stagnating.

Woolworths and Coles are horrible businesses. Our society is already soul-less enough with people thinking hot desking is a great idea...soon we will not have to interact with anything at all...both businesses destroy the connection of people and where they get their food...now kids are going to grow up thinking steak is a produce made on line and collected at a small window from a pimply teenage boy.

At least this way the centre owners get to capture the sales in turnover rent calculations.

The Woolies & Coles cant deny the point of sale is at the store.

Lol@Mark and Peter

This is another abuse of technology. This kind of service is another blow for people security in the retail sector. You are taking away the opportunity for employment. School kids that had jobs in the retail and supermarket sector,and also part time Mums looking for part time hours will be gone all for pretentious Yuppie's and Prima donna's that are too lazy to get out of their car to do groceries. I pray for Armageddon. If this is our future I don't want any part of it.

To those who think it's not such a good idea and prefer to actually go in store,just let me know when your going to Woolies next and I let you take my two sick screaming boys under two years and see how you go...haha and then we can drive thru the bottle shop and get u a well deserved scotch....lol

Why are people being so sarcastic and critical of this.You don't have to use it if you don't want to.If you are like me with
two boys under two years old who aren't feeling well.This would be perfect to use a few times. Hmmm... no ones complains about the drive thru bottle shops... funny that.

No it won't. We'd rather have it delivered!

Welcome to the 1980's. I remember growing up and this was very common, along with leaded petrol, retro shopping centres with indoor palms and awesome water features, layby and indoor smoking facilities.

Not only can we queue in our cars for Woolworths Petrol, but now we can queue in our cars to collect Woolworths groceries, while under resourced staff sprint back and forth between our bootspaces. It sounds totally different to the instore experience, so new and so cool.

What about drive thru' pokies, Woolworths are big on them...

Totally agree its all going over the top,I understand that people have families, business and can be time poor but come on, they need to be able to do things for themselves instead of having everything done for them its all about money and being lazy each generation is getting worse.

Good idea, but I'm more concerned with Woolworths getting into insurance, increasing its home brand share up to 35% of all groceries in a few years and its general dominance of the retail grocery sector in Australia: which seems to expand every day. And it must never be allowed to open its own pharmacy (as its been wanting to do for years): the biggest seller of tobacco products in Australia can't sell wellness!

This is just great, i hope it expands to more Woolworths outlets

it is soon to be followed by home-shop for petrol... so you don't have to even leave the house to have your car filled with fuel

LOL@Mark

Will be a hit with yummy mummies in 4WD's