Canberra is the capital of Australia.

The urban environment here is very livable and the air quality is excellent.

As a young city, Canberra's infrastructure and buildings are relatively new and futuristic.

This is your travel and shopping guide to Canberra.

Supermarket inventory in Canberra Canberra is a city with a population of only 330,000.

As the capital of Australia, although it is not large in area, each district has its own shopping mall, which is very convenient for people's daily shopping and consumption.

Because the sizes of the communities in each district are different, the number and scale of supermarkets distributed here are also different, and the items sold and the prices of each store are often very different.

Generally, different supermarkets have their own characteristics and positioning.

Which supermarket in Canberra has cheaper and better food?

In order to save energy and money, it is necessary for international students to understand supermarket shopping information in advance.

Daily necessities supermarkets There are two types of supermarkets in Canberra: daily necessities supermarkets that mainly sell food, daily necessities and other small commodities, and department stores that mainly sell household items.

There are three major daily necessities supermarkets in Canberra: Coles, Aldi and Woolworths.

There are 9 COLES supermarkets in Canberra. Basically, there are shopping malls in every district, such as Jamison, Belconnen, Woden Plaza, Gungahlin, etc.

Coles' products mainly take the civilian route, and the overall price is below the mid-range.

Therefore, if multiple supermarkets are located in the same shopping mall, relatively speaking, international students are more willing to go to Coles for shopping.

COLES's opening hours are very long (but the opening hours of each store are different).

The earliest time is from 6 am to midnight, which is very valuable in Canberra where business hours are generally short, and also provides a lot of convenience for many people who get up early or come back to shop in the evening.

Woolworths is Australia's largest food retail supermarket and has high requirements for the freshness of its food.

Because of this, the prices of fresh food in this supermarket are on the higher side among supermarkets of the same size.

Woolworths has five stores in Canberra, located in Dixon, Belconnen, Warden, Weston Creek and Mawson.

Most of these stores are open from 7 a.m. to midnight, but the business hours will be shortened on holidays, and the closing time will generally be advanced to 9-10 p.m.

Aldi Aldi is one of Australia's top ten retailers with many stores in Canberra.

The prices of products sold in Aldi supermarkets are generally lower, and many of them are Aldi's exclusive brands that cannot be found in other supermarkets.

The prices of daily necessities here are particularly advantageous.

If the quality requirements are not very high, you can find a lot of practical things here.

There are many discounted products with red labels in the supermarket.

All Aldi supermarkets in Canberra have the same opening hours.

Opening time is 8:30 am, closing time is 8:00 pm Monday to Friday, and 7:00 pm on weekends.

Daily Supermarket Shopping Reminder 1. This supermarket has very long opening hours. Most retail stores in Canberra are open from 9 am to 5 pm. The opening hours will be extended on Fridays, but not later than 9 pm. However, fresh food

Daily necessities supermarkets are an exception.

Several large supermarkets in Canberra are open beyond 8pm, and some supermarkets are even open until midnight.

2. Supermarkets no longer provide free shopping bags.

For environmental reasons, the Canberra government announced in July 2011 that the capital, Canberra, had entered a phase of completely banning the use of plastic bags, and that the use of plastic bags would be completely banned from November 1, 2011.

The four months from July to November serve as a transition period for businesses and residents.

At present, large supermarkets such as Coles, Woolworths, and Aldi in Canberra no longer provide free plastic bags, but some supermarkets will provide cardboard boxes for customers to hold some odds and ends.

3. Self-service shopping In large shopping supermarkets, there are usually self-service checkouts near the manual checkout counters.

If the products purchased by customers are clearly labeled, they can go to the self-service checkout counter, scan the product barcode, and pay according to the price on the screen, eliminating the need to wait in line.

Household Department Stores When I first arrived in a strange city, I had to buy some household items.

In Canberra, there are several large home department stores specializing in this type of merchandise.

Myer, Target and Kmart Myer, Target, and Kmart, along with Coles, are all brands under the Coles Meyer Group.

Coles and Myer merged in 1985 and are Australia's largest retailers.

Coles is mainly responsible for food and some daily necessities.

Although Myer, Target and Kmart also carry some sweets, drinks, chocolate biscuits and other foods, they do not sell fresh food in their stores.

Their main business categories are large-ticket items such as clothing, gifts, kitchenware, and outdoor sporting goods.

Among the three department stores, Target is a medium-sized supermarket chain, positioned in the mid- to low-end market together with Kmart, providing high-quality and low-price daily necessities; Meyer's products are positioned in the mid-price range.

The clothes here are better-looking and there are many brand products.

Although the price is not cheap, the quality is more guaranteed.