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Jul 20, 2019 · Corner stores are known as milk bars or delis in different parts of Australia. They were the neighbourhood focus of retail for all manner of small purchases. But the rise of multinational chains and on-demand home deliveries is killing them off.
Apr 24, 2018 · In the days before shopping centres that stretch for kilometres and cater to every consumer need, families across Australia relied on the local corner store for their...
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Mar 6, 2023 · The convenience once offered by the Aussie corner shop — remarkable for its long opening hours and unnerving capacity to somehow offer everything that a caught-short customer could ever need, from milk and bread to shoelaces, fly spray and birthday candles — is no longer the monopoly it once was.
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Mar 7, 2023 · Text © Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Posted 7 Mar 2023. Supermarkets weren't always around. Before the 1950s, people shopped at their local grocery stores and corner shops for food.
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Jul 22, 2019 · Gian De Poloni. 21 July 2019. ABC. Key points: Corner stores are known as milk bars or delis is different parts of Australia. They were the neighbourhood focus of retail for all manner of small purchases. But the rise of multinational chains and on-demand home deliveries is killing them off.
Then and now: Corner shops. In the days before self-serve checkouts, 24/7 petrol stations and on-demand deliveries, most Aussie families flocked to their nearest corner shop for all their daily top-ups. A colourful hallmark of suburban life, the once ubiquitous corner shop often also operated as a milk bar or deli.
Aug 7, 2019 · A local meeting place. Until the 1970s, milk bars were a ubiquitous feature of Australian neighbourhoods. This is Adelaide Street, Brisbane, in 1952. Queensland State Archives. From the 1950s until...
