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Supermarket shelves left bare across parts of Queensland, Australia after system upgrade — “Terrible IT problem” caused “carnage”, executive tells inquiry into increased supermarket prices


Customers take to social media to complain after stores in Brisbane and state’s south-east left without fresh produce

Paul Harker, the chief commercial officer, speaking at the Queensland parliament’s inquiry into supermarket pricing, said the problem came down to a “warehouse management system upgrade” that had gone wrong. skip past newsletter promotion Our Australian morning briefing breaks down the key stories of the day, telling you what’s happening and why it matters In a Facebook group dedicated to news in the Redlands area in Brisbane, Hugh O’Neill said it was “weird” to see the empty shelves.

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