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Recent reviews for Woolworths indicate a widespread decline in customer satisfaction, primarily driven by consistent failures in the online delivery ecosystem and a perceived drop in food quality. While individual staff members are occasionally praised for going above and beyond, the overarching sentiment is one of frustration regarding price increases, unreliable logistics, and poor produce standards.

Pros
Exceptional Individual Staff: Multiple reviewers highlight specific team members (e.g., Casey, Eryn, Sangi, Habib) who provide friendly, helpful, and professional service that exceeds expectations.
Convenient Digital Tools: The online shopping interface and "saved list" features are praised by some for saving time and simplifying the weekly shop.
Efficient Click and Collect: When functioning correctly, the direct-to-boot and pick-up services are noted for their ease of use and helpfulness of the loading staff.
Specific Product Successes: Certain private-label items, such as cinnamon shortbread, canned tomato soup, and specific chilled coffee brands, receive high marks for quality and value.
Cons
Unreliable Online Delivery: Recurring reports of missing items, late arrivals (sometimes by several hours), and groceries being left at incorrect addresses or in unsafe locations (e.g., in the sun or near bins).
Poor Produce Quality: Significant complaints regarding "fresh" food arriving mouldy, bruised, or near its expiry date, with meat products specifically cited for having excessive water/fat content or smelling rancid.
Ineffective Customer Support: Users frequently report long wait times on phone lines and find the "Olive" AI chatbot incapable of resolving complex issues, leading to frustration when seeking refunds.
Pricing and "Price Gouging": Strong dissatisfaction with rapid price increases on staple goods, "misleading" shelf labels, and a new refund policy that often issues store credit instead of cash/card reversals.
Verdict

Woolworths remains a viable option for in-store shopping where customers can hand-select produce and interact with generally well-regarded floor staff. However, the online delivery service is currently high-risk due to systemic logistical errors and poor quality control. Consumers are advised to check receipts and expiry dates immediately upon purchase to navigate frequent pricing and stock discrepancies.

1 jdfulton1973  · Continuely send products with less than 24hr best before dates. And continuely debit my account TWICE FOR ORDERS.
1 Enes  · Apple Slices 385 gr $2/Can. Terrible, tasteless and full of water.
5 Simone Crane  · Great online service! All my products were in the order and friendly driver. Thank you Woolworths
2 G. Ward  · Direct to boot order. A few items were refunded due to not in stock. Walked into store and bought them. Lazy online team. Not the first time.
1 Ian M.  · Sick of food spoiling before use by dates, veggies frozen for God knows how long. Claiming Fresh food is a farce.
1 ron  · prices differ from online to store without explanation, impossible to log in to website these days.
Nigel
NigelTAS5 posts
  Online store

Online home delivery shopping is something I choose to STOP. I received damaged products in home delivery and attempted to call the store direct only to find this cann ont happen, instead we are transferred to Ai Olive to decide our course of action. I wanted to contact Woolworths direct to simply request that delivery drivers take care and just a… Read more

little bit more responsibility with handling. My dry products resembled being used as a football and the damage was exposed upon opening to consume. I put in a complaint as forced by the Ai Olive process and received ab e-mail stating that my complaint was unsucessful. Now remember that it wasnt my original intention to complain for reimbursemement. I attempted to locate a store telephone number direct and was then given a number to call bt Ai Olive once again. I called the number and it has a voice message stating that a wait of possibly over one hour WILL be likely because as usual all lines and operators are busy. I triede this service multiple times with the same outcome. Ai is obviously here to stay and apparently so is Olive. However when Ai is simply in place to fill a process without a final outcome it would appear that the joke is on us people. My suggestion is to purchase wisely and only buy unbreakables as you will not receive satisfaction or resolve. My outcome was apparently driven by Ai OLIVE simply because I didnt consume my products in a timely manner, inside a couple of days! yep, the right to consume in a timely manner is also being dictated to us by the BIG BUSINESS. This is not a fake review!

Lill
LillNSW3 posts
  Physical store

What a horrible experience at the Miranda store express checkout this morning, two girls behind the counter. The one that was serving the customer before me was a Woolworths employee having a nice long chat while I’m waiting. The other Woolworths employee chose to ignore me and have a conversation with the other two employees. I wasn’t acknowledged and I was just treated as a number shocking.

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Helen S.
Helen S.QLD2 posts
  Verified Physical store

Not sure what is happening at Woolworths Bracken Ridge Queensland shelves consistently not filled, this is my third week in a row I have had to go to Coles to get the rest of my groceries. Honestly think they are trying to close the store I will start shopping at Coles and just do milk and bread run at Woolworths when needed. Show details

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Dom
DomNSW
  Physical store

Wagyu beef sausages 6 pack VERY disappointed in the quality of the product! I would be very ashamed and embarrassed to sell such an oily product. More than 60g of orange coloured oil type of liquid was poured out of the pan, used a fork to pierce the skin layer as bubbles of more orange oil liquid was still present in the sausages, had to use so… Read more

many paper towels, they were fully drenched. Why sell such a poor quality sausages? What is the orange liquid? Purchase from Katoomba store but presuming these are sold throughout all Woolworths stores.

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Charlie P.
Charlie P.
  Online store

Very disappointed that this quality was selected and sent, how is this even still on the shelf and placed in our order, this goes beyond just a refund.

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-June
-JuneSA3 posts
  Physical store

They cut their seeded bread loaves down in size. Pitiful could not even hold a cheese slice. No price change

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Bimal
BimalVIC
  Online store

Very dosy. I will never order the stuffs again where I have to pay things per item. I orders sweet potato which was per ea and I orders cauliflower which was per ea and both were sent the smallest ones and this has happen many times so thought will complain about it .

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Helen R.
Helen R.
  Verified Physical store

Doncaster 3128. I have switched to this store because they have cashiers and not self serve registers like the local Coles store. Also, they don’t use Palantir for surveillance like Coles do. Show details

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Steven D.
Steven D.
  Physical store

Found a bit of metal in my pasta salad. I almost ate it..

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Jeffa
JeffaVIC12 posts
  Verified Woolworths

Recently purchased from Woolworths 2 cans of Dole Crushed Pineapple. When I arrived home one can leaked and when I pulled the ring pull and opened it was all mouldy. Now I defy anyone to try and write a report on the website, it is definitely not user friendly (that is probably how they design it). I had to drive back to store to get a refund… Read more

(which was not a problem), but my review is about the actual reporting process. I told the staff that they should return all the product as the cans did not look good.

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Luiza M.
Luiza M.
  Verified Physical store

Today i bought two bags of frozen strowberies and I had to throw them out because it was not only rotten but also dirty and smeling of dangerous chemicals. How can Woolworths sell such a poor quality product at inflated price when people struggle to put food on the tanle? Pleass don't confuse us pigs.

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ripped off customer
ripped off customer6 posts
  Verified Physical store

Woolworths the fresh food people, what a joke. Bought a Ruby Red Grapefruit on 18/7/26 from Woolworths Merimbula NSW. Cut it open on 20/7/26 and rotten inside. Obviously the product was many weeks old and nothing fresh about it. Show details

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simon f.
simon f.7 posts
  Online store

I object strongly to having to pay for paper bags whilst Woolies continues to hand out plastic toys

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Claire H
Claire H11 posts
  Verified Online store

This is only my second online direct to boot Woolworths order I’ve ever done. First one wasn’t too bad so I thought I’d give it another go at the same store, Innaloo. Order was processed online last night, full payment deducted from my account. I get an email 30 min before I’m due to leave work this afternoon to collect the order. Oh dear, there… Read more

is no dinner for you tonight and you have to wait 5 business days for a refund. To top it all, two of the frozen items I was told were in the order were in fact not in the parcels delivered to my boot. The sour taste in my mouth has come with being charged $2 for paper bags when I only received 3. That will be the last time I allow you to shop on my behalf Woolworths!!!

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Fayezjou
FayezjouNSW16 posts
  Physical store

Complete system of scam. Woollies was Running a cookware promotion. 3 weeks before the promotion ends they run out of those cookware and customers still earning credit. Few days before the promotion ends they stopped giving customers credit. One day after the promotion ends all my credits I earned were disappeared without any notice. The only… Read more

way to describe the way they did and steal my credits without notice it is System of legalised theft.

Can not be trusted.

Fayezjou
Fayezjou   

The funny things about woollies, woolies hires undercover guards standing outside the shop to catch… Read more

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194-gyu
194-gyu22 posts
  Verified Online store

Terrible and zero support for Everyday Market Order. The delivery person rang our doorbell and we open the door within 5 seconds. The guy isn't there and our delivery isn't there either. But someone they marked our delivery as "delivered". Message their live chat and they said they can't help, and we need to call in. There is no refund button… Read more

function for us to select refund. The process is troublesome and we suspect they won't refund us! This is a scam!

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Simon F.
Simon F.NSW10 posts
  Physical store

Stop buying with the fruit Woolworths and doing whatever your doing to store them over a longer period as it’s drying out the centre of the mandarin and making the apples powdery It’s not just been the one time either it seems to be occurring more and more Very disappointing to throw away something you purchased and now there not that cheap either I don’t have the receipt but I only buy from Woolworths but they may change real soon Show details

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ALLEN
ALLENNSW2 posts
  Verified Physical store

I bought the milk Sun 28 June the milk was terrible bad smell and spilled

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Ron
RonVictoria24 posts
  Physical store

Woolworths Cookware promotion completely Misleading and Disappointing which end up a scam which said the promotion was up till 7 July and no stock was in store buy 14 June and Points were still collecting on my Woolworths every day up still 23 June… Read more

my store was in Portland vic and they didn’t no if they were getting more stock l have been to Mt Gambier S.A. to 2 stores there no stock been to Hamilton Vic no stock ever been Millicent in SA no stock been to Kerang Vic no stock with this Cookware Promotion Rang Woolworths Head Office no help there ever what this Country going to so all the customer who have Points that they can’t uses which show we have been Scam where Woolworths Promotion Department in Head Office has let down customers very badly in this Promotion which said it was up till 7/7/2026 and we run out by 14/6/26 or before that with something with items so what do l do with my points now so if you have 50 Points it cost me aleast a $1000.00 dollars if you only spend exactly $20..00 in every transaction so me they own me $50.00 and that no even 10% l still what my small fry pan that l deserve from Woolworths Promotion Team Than you and all the other customers that miss out this is not the customers fault it Woolworths

 Follow-up  · To Woolworths haven’t herd a word about cookware promotion they let the customer down with this promotion the stock run out aleast 2 weeks early not good enough by a big company it is the same now with another promotion for kids run out of stock and none in store of Ooshies Disney for kid you need to collect 40 Ooshies to spend $30.00 dollars to… Read more

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Bear
Bear2 posts
  Verified Physical store

I have been buying Woolworths wholemeal jumbo rolls at Hurstville Westfield for years. Recently I bought jumbo breadrolls that were are in fact not jumbo rolls but normal rolls but I was charged for the jumbo rolls as advertised on the packet. I… Read more

have reported this issue before and yet again this has happened. There is a definite difference between normal and jumbo rolls.

Drew

 Follow-up  · Woolworths did not offer me a refund. I have contacted you to let you know that there was an issue so that hopefully it won’t happen again. I have bought these meals a number of times and there has been two occasions when they have been very small. I can’t tell you what the batch number is because I no longer have that information. I bought the bread rolls on 16 July 2026 at 9:15 am Store number 1284. Drew

Max
MaxVIC5 posts
  Physical store

Purchased red grapes from rosebud Woolworths store on the 22 nd June, Half were rotten. Returned the next day on the 23 rd June , receipt and rotten grapes in hand ,to be told I needed to inform the store before 10 pm the same day!! By principle, I… Read more

stated that no one is expected to open and consume fruit or any other product the same day of purchase, or be told” we can’t help you”as it’s not our service policy! This is unconscionable and unacceptable. I also reiterated to the very rude Female Cole’s assisted that this was reason for me to vote with my feet and shop elsewhere. This was a matter of principle as I’ve experienced outdated fruit in the past and did nothing about it. I will seriously spend my $300 per week elsewhere because this policy doesn’t deserve my business in such a tight economy. My polite demeanour meant nothing to this unhelpful individual!!! Extremely annoyed!!!

 Follow-up  · Never received a response from the store. Haven’t shopped there since!! Grapes were stored on an open rack in store No replacement or refund was offered! The attitude and denial is the issue here, claiming a same day 10 pm return policy only ??

Max
Max   

Ignored by Cole’s who clearly don’t give a rats about consumers as long as the $$ role in!!!

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Positive reviews

Aidan Smith
Aidan SmithVIC6 posts
  Physical store

Shout out to the 2 staff members at the Heidelberg store who assisted to attend to customers parking in disabled spaces without permits. Thank you for taking the matter seriously and proactively taking steps to address the matter. Show details

Juliet Tan
Juliet Tan11 posts
  Physical store

Woolworths Willoughby has been excellent with direct to boot. I have used it for several months this year due to a hip injury and found the service to be very good. Sure sometimes it's not perfect but if you tell in the app you're on the way and in a certain bay, the friendly staff come to you with the goods. Costs nothing if it's not immediate. I… Read more

believe service may differ between different locations though. I found Willoughby is much better than Woolworths Gordon. The Willoughby staff are always courteous and helpful.

Nigel B.
Nigel B.VIC3 posts
  Physical store

Can someone please advise why most of the item labeling in Woolworths particularly in the deli and meat sections, has a very large bold font for the price but very small product details, which are extremely difficult to read Show details

Negative reviews

Tricia L.
Tricia L.SA2 posts
  Online store

There should be negative stars for this one. Driver this morning of Truck rego S175DGS attended property but did not follow instructions. I approached driver and spoke to him about this. His rtesponse was to scream at me for several mintes, then sit in the truck for over 5minutes only toi drive off with my shopping. Nearly $200 worth. This driver MUST loose their job

Glenn.
Glenn.WA3 posts
  Online store

I am so angry, I placed an order today just like any other only when it arrived I said to the delivery driver, is that all? He responded yes, then I find a number of items missing I would estimate 2 bags, containing milk and soft drinks. Well, try and resolve this issue, I don't want a refund I want the items, just wondering where they, the items may be eh? Looks like my Woolies shopping days are over.

Sonya
SonyaQLD3 posts
  Physical store

Poor customer service at checkout. I asked whether they had the $2 Commonwealth games coins available. The checkout girl said yes but they could only give them out as change. I told her that was fine, it was why I was asking, so I could pu through a couple of items to pay in cash (to get a coin) and pay the rest on card. I payed for my items and… Read more

it was $6 change. She handed me a $5 note and $1 coin. I asked if I could get the change in $2 coins so I could get one of the Commonwealth games coins. She told me they can only give the coins out as change. I said "yes, I know which is why I paid in cash. The change is $6 which could include $2 coins. Otherwise I would have put all the items through together and paid fully by card." She ended up giving me a $2 coin but seriously? The effort you have to go for something so simple.

Recent reviews

Liz.H
Liz.H3 posts
  Physical store

Why does Woolworths feel that everyone should do their own checkout. Robina Woolworths always seem to have the express checkout closed which forces people with only a few items to stand in line with people who have large trolleys full of product. After asking the girl on the checkout tonight why they yet again have no express checkout open she… Read more

stated that they need more people in the self serve area. It took probably 15 mins for someone to notice how many fully laden trolleys were waiting at one checkout. Sorry Woolworths , but you don't offer a discount on groceries if you serve yourself , nor do you consider elderly people who don't use self checkout . No wonder people like IGA and Aldi , you seem to have lost sight of what good service is.

Barton L.
Barton L.
  Online store

we had Woolworths delivered and they forgot one bag of products valued at $90 and they offered to re deliver but at our expense and a refund will take up to 3 days so the home delivery was meant for us to save time in our lives but their incompetence just cost us more time than just doing it ourselves. I'm trying really hard to get away from these companies.

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