Aldi's the 'fresh food store', page-25

Just reading the article, the phrase below will produce the heartache for Aldi;

The supply chain overhaul, which will take between six and 12 months to complete, will transform Aldi’s sourcing of fresh fruit and vegetables to something similar to its heavyweight competitors Woolworths and Coles.
Aldi has six locations around Australia that direct purchasing orders, with sometimes as many as six buyers responsible for a particular product, but under the restructure it will now be centralised to one central buying department with national responsibility.

It is so hard to get this right, with distance in Australia being the killer as opposed to Europe.  i.e. Strawberries from a region in France can be districbuted across Europe within 24 hours.  In Aus Strawberries from QLD take 2 days to get to Melbourne.......

This will increase Aldi's costs without a doubt.