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Matthew Elmas

Woolworths signals recovery as retailers count Omicron costs

Woolworths says food shortages are improving as retailers look to an Omicron recovery. Photo: TND

Major retailers appear to be getting on top of a nationwide staffing crisis, after the Omicron spike created food shortages and crashed consumer confidence earlier this month.

In a sign that supermarket shelves will start filling up again in the coming weeks, Woolworths said on Tuesday that the number of warehouse staff missing work because of COVID has almost halved since early January.

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