The stores were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, with the retail stores closing during lockdowns and otherwise operating with limited hours. Co-op Fresh Foodland remained open [...]
Both ladies and mens fashion were moved from the department store to the new Barossa Mall into their very own stores, named ‘Orchard Lane’ and ‘Rod & Spur’. Australia Post took up a tenancy [...]
The new shopping centre continued to expand and tenancies began to fill. A café opened in the mall across from Foodland Barossa Fresh – ‘Bean Se-juiced’, as well as a Wendy’s ice cream franchise, [...]
The 1980s was spent expanding storage even further and modern cold rooms and freezers were installed. The Reusch shops in Gawler Street, formerly the public library and Department of [...]
During the 1950s, a refurbished grocery and hardware department was also added along with the store’s first coolroom. The cheese store, which started in 1950, was one of Roy Hodgson’s [...]
The post-war 1940’s was an exciting time of growth in the Barossa, but also an era where shopping services were frugal. The shop had changed very little from the early days of the century. [...]
On October 16th 1944, the new Community Co-operative Store opened its doors to the Barossa Valley. The Co-operative Store rationalised shopping in the Barossa: Sheard’s Angaston store was [...]
