Outback Stores to manage Mornington Island store
Outback Stores has been awarded a three-year management agreement to manage Mornington Island’s only grocery and takeaway store.
Outback Stores has been awarded a three-year management agreement to manage Mornington Island’s only grocery and takeaway store.
Nitjpurru Store is fully stocked and ready to welcome repatriated residents after the remote community was evacuated four months ago due to flooding.
Outback Stores has signed community service agreements in the communities of Kunawarritji and Parnngurr to expand its range of services.
Remote residents of Urapunga have reduced consumption of sugary drinks in their store by 43 per cent in the past year
Flooding across Central Australia, including the Stuart Highway, is impacting food supply to several Outback Stores in remote communities.
Outback Stores has announced it’s 109 front-line workers, based across 44 retail sites in remote communities, are all fully vaccinated.
Remote indigenous communities have consumed eight tonnes less sugar and bought 508 tonnes of fresh produce in the first half of 2021.