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Coles (New World) - Dandenong: 1965 - 2013
It certainly was a 'New World of Shopping' when this supermarket opened in November 1963. Located on the Princes Hwy in Dandenong, it was considered the largest free-standing supermarket at the time but not the first to show the rocket. That accolade went to the Frankston store.
At the time, the Dandenong store was the biggest supermarket in Australia with 14 checkouts and 160 feet of refrigerated cabinets. It had a large 'meat shop', a fresh fruit and vegetable department, a modern bakehouse and a cafeteria (luncheonette) with seating for 34 people. One of the main attractions of the new building was the four feature windows facing Princes Hwy depicting early landmarks of Dandenong over 100 years ago.
Coles has opened a lot of stores since, but this and along with Chadstone's '559' store, were two of my favourites. As a former employee of Coles during the 80's and early 90's as a storeman and manager, I was here between 1986 and 89. The staff and management were great and depending on what management team we had at the time, the huge storeroom out the back was used on occasion for indoor cricket. Such was the size of the building, it certainly handled all incoming deliveries with ease. During my time there, the cafeteria was gone but a liquor department was in operation.
In late 2000, the building was demolished. A new Coles was built along with an Officeworks and underground car parking. Officeworks later moved a couple of years ago to newer premises on the corner of Frankston Dandenong Road and the Dingley Arterial (Dandenong Bypass).
Photo: Robert Smith (2013)
Coles (New World) - Dandenong: 1965 - 2013
It certainly was a 'New World of Shopping' when this supermarket opened in November 1963. Located on the Princes Hwy in Dandenong, it was considered the largest free-standing supermarket at the time but not the first to show the rocket. That accolade went to the Frankston store.
At the time, the Dandenong store was the biggest supermarket in Australia with 14 checkouts and 160 feet of refrigerated cabinets. It had a large 'meat shop', a fresh fruit and vegetable department, a modern bakehouse and a cafeteria (luncheonette) with seating for 34 people. One of the main attractions of the new building was the four feature windows facing Princes Hwy depicting early landmarks of Dandenong over 100 years ago.
Coles has opened a lot of stores since, but this and along with Chadstone's '559' store, were two of my favourites. As a former employee of Coles during the 80's and early 90's as a storeman and manager, I was here between 1986 and 89. The staff and management were great and depending on what management team we had at the time, the huge storeroom out the back was used on occasion for indoor cricket. Such was the size of the building, it certainly handled all incoming deliveries with ease. During my time there, the cafeteria was gone but a liquor department was in operation.
In late 2000, the building was demolished. A new Coles was built along with an Officeworks and underground car parking. Officeworks later moved a couple of years ago to newer premises on the corner of Frankston Dandenong Road and the Dingley Arterial (Dandenong Bypass).
Photo: Robert Smith (2013)