The first Coles supermarket – a freestanding suburban supermarket complete with carpark –  opened in the Melbourne suburb of North Balwyn in 1960.  By 1973, Coles had supermarkets in every capital city in Australia. Supermarkets, complete with extensive car parks, had begun their unstoppable progress throughout the suburbs. The opening of the North Balwyn supermarket was not … Continue reading 1960 First Coles supermarket