Coles Local

Coles Local is the small format brand of Coles Supermarkets in Australia, with the first store opening in November 2018 in Surrey Hills, Victoria.^[1]

Coles Local

Trade name	Coles Supermarkets
Industry	Retail
Founded	November 2018
Headquarters	Hawthorn East, Victoria, Australia
Number of locations	27 stores (2024)
Parent	Coles Group
Website	www.coles.com.au/about/our-businesses/coles-local

It has stores with that range premium products from local suppliers as well as the essentials of larger Coles stores.^[2] Unique store design elements include artwork and murals drawn by local artists.^[3]

It has since expanded to twenty-seven sites in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland^[4] and Western Australia.^[5] This includes the Balwyn North store, which opened in 1960 and was the site of the first Coles supermarket in Australia (but not the first Coles store, which opened in Collingwood in April 1914).^[6]