Is Woolworths Open On Good Friday — A shopper’s weekend caught between closures and changing hours

Is Woolworths Open On Good Friday has become the practical question on the minds of people lining supermarket aisles and scanning notices this Easter long weekend. At a suburban store doorway a mother pauses, phone in hand, trying to confirm whether the doors will open; elsewhere a shopping-centre car park is unusually quiet as staff prepare for altered hours.

Is Woolworths Open On Good Friday?

Short answer: Woolworths supermarkets will be closed across the country on Good Friday. The same overall closure applies to most Coles supermarkets nationwide on Good Friday, while Aldi stores will also be closed on that day. The pattern of closures contrasts with the rest of the long weekend, when trading hours vary by store and by state.

What’s open this Easter long weekend?

The long weekend brings a patchwork of openings and shut days. A handful of Coles supermarkets in South Australia — including Murray Bridge, Mt Baker and Victor Harbor — will be open on Good Friday. Westfield shopping centres will be shutting their doors for the whole day on Good Friday.

Across the rest of the weekend, hours differ widely. Woolworths stores across the country will be open on days other than Good Friday, with hours varying by store. Coles will be open at standard trading hours on other days, and Aldi outlets will also be open across the country at varied times.

Westfield centres set out specific weekend hours in some jurisdictions: in the ACT, centres will open from 9am – 5pm ET; in NSW hours will vary by centre; in Victoria most Westfield centres will open from 9am – 5pm ET, with Westfield Doncaster closing at 6pm ET; and Westfields in Queensland, SA and WA will operate from 9pm – 5pm ET. On Easter Sunday, all Westfields in the ACT will trade between 10am and 4pm ET, and the only Westfield to open in NSW will be Tuggerah from 10am – 5pm ET. Victorian Westfield centres will open from 10am – 5pm ET; Queensland centres will operate at varied times and all SA centres will be closed on that day.

Trading on Easter Sunday also differs for supermarkets. Woolworths and Aldi stores across the country will be closed again on Easter Sunday. Coles supermarkets in the Sydney metropolitan area will be closed on Sunday, while most regional NSW supermarkets will be open. All ACT stores and WA stores will remain open at standard hours. In Queensland, all Coles supermarkets will be open except those in Ayr, Goondiwindi and Mt Isa. In Victoria, Coles stores will be open except for Croydon North and Little Knox; Tasmania’s Coles outlets will open with normal trading hours. In South Australia, metro Coles stores will be closed except for the Adelaide CBD, which will open from 11am – 5pm ET; regional SA stores will trade from 8am – 8pm ET. Northern Territory stores will trade from 8am – 8pm ET, with Alice Springs to stay open until 9pm ET.

How should shoppers plan for the long weekend?

Retailers encourage customers to check the opening hours of local stores before making plans. Coles urges customers to check with their local store if unsure, and ALDI similarly highlights that opening times can differ from store to store and state to state. Woolworths notes that trading hours vary by store and that customers should confirm local hours.

For shoppers this means two practical steps: assume major supermarkets may be closed on Good Friday and again on Easter Sunday, and verify specific hours for the remainder of the weekend where hours are listed for particular centres and regions. State-by-state differences are prominent — what is open in a city CBD may be closed in a metro suburb or regional town.

Back at the quiet shop entrance from the opening scene, the mother pockets her phone with a plan: stock the essentials ahead of Good Friday, and check the local supermarket’s hours for the remainder of the long weekend. The question Is Woolworths Open On Good Friday remains answered for this year, but the wider picture of varied hours across states leaves shoppers checking opening times as the safest course.