It’s the most wonderful, but oh so hectic time of the year – particularly when it comes to grocery shopping.
From organising a Christmas ham to stocking up for New Year’s, most of us have the same items on our grocery list over the Holidays and are making many visits to the supermarket to procure all of our festive needs.
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To help prepare for the busy shopping season, Coles has released their holiday trading hours for this year, so you can plan your December grocery trips.
We’ve broken down all the festive trading hours for each state below.
New South Wales
- December 24 (Christmas Eve): All stores open with varying closing times
- December 25 (Christmas Day): All stores closed
- December 26 (Boxing Day): All stores open
- December 27 (Public Holiday): All stores open with varying hours
- December 31 (New Year’s Eve): All stores open with varying hours
- January 1 (New Year’s Day): All stores open with varying hours
- January 2nd (Public Holiday): All stores open with varying hours
Victoria
- December 24 (Christmas Eve): All stores open with varying closing times
- December 25 (Christmas Day): All stores closed
- December 26 (Boxing Day): All stores open
- December 27 (Public Holiday): All stores open with varying hours
- December 31 (New Year’s Eve): All stores open with varying hours
- January 1 (New Year’s Day): All stores open with varying hours
- January 2nd (Public Holiday): All stores open with varying hours
Queensland
- December 24 (Christmas Eve): All stores open with varying closing times
- December 25 (Christmas Day): All stores closed
- December 26 (Boxing Day): Most stores open from 9am until 6pm
- December 27 (Public Holiday): Most stores open from 9am until 6pm
- December 31 (New Year’s Eve): All stores open with varying hours
- January 1 (New Year’s Day): Most stores open from 9am until 6pm
- January 2nd (Public Holiday): All stores open with varying hours
South Australia
- December 24 (Christmas Eve): All stores open with varying closing times
- December 25 (Christmas Day): All stores closed
- December 26 (Boxing Day): All metropolitan stores closed, regional stores open from 8am until 8pm
- December 27 (Public Holiday): Adelaide stores open 9am until 6pm, regional stores open from 8am until 8pm
- December 31 (New Year’s Eve): All metropolitan stores open until 5pm, regional stores will vary
- January 1 (New Year’s Day): All regional stores open 8am until 8pm
- January 2nd (Public Holiday): All metropolitan stores open 9am until 5pm, regional stores open 8am until 8pm
Western Australia
- December 24 (Christmas Eve): All stores open with varying closing times
- December 25 (Christmas Day): All stores closed
- December 26 (Boxing Day): All metropolitan stores open 8am until 6pm, regional stores will vary
- December 27 (Public Holiday): All metropolitan stores open 8am until 6pm, regional stores will vary
- December 31 (New Year’s Eve): All metropolitan stores open 8am until 6pm, regional stores will vary
- January 1 (New Year’s Day): All metropolitan stores open 8am until 6pm, regional stores will vary
- January 2nd (Public Holiday): All metropolitan stores open 8am until 6pm, regional stores will vary
Northern Territory
- December 24 (Christmas Eve): All stores open with varying closing times
- December 25 (Christmas Day): All stores closed
- December 26 (Boxing Day): All stores open
- December 27 (Public Holiday): All stores open 8am until 8pm
- December 31 (New Year’s Eve): All stores open until 10pm
- January 1 (New Year’s Day): All stores open 8am until 8pm
- January 2nd (Public Holiday): All stores open 8am until 8pm
ACT
- December 24 (Christmas Eve): All stores open with varying closing times
- December 25 (Christmas Day): All stores closed
- December 26 (Boxing Day): All stores open
- December 27 (Public Holiday): All stores open with varying hours
- December 31 (New Year’s Eve): All stores open with varying hours
- January 1 (New Year’s Day): All stores open with varying hours
- January 2nd (Public Holiday): All stores open with varying hours
Tasmania
- December 24 (Christmas Eve): All stores open with varying closing times
- December 25 (Christmas Day): All stores closed
- December 26 (Boxing Day): All stores open
- December 27 (Public Holiday): All stores open until 10pm
- December 31 (New Year’s Eve): All stores open until 10pm
- January 1 (New Year’s Day): All stores open with varying hours
- January 2nd (Public Holiday): All stores open with varying hours
Opening and closing times may differ from normal at some stores, check www.coles.com.au for individual store trading hours.
