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Re: Coles Cant Afford Back Up Generators, Go Figure
Reply #15 - Sep 10^th, 2024 at 4:26pm

Sprintcyclist wrote on Sep 10^th, 2024 at 9:19am:

Bobby. wrote on Sep 9^th, 2024 at 6:10pm:

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Unfortunately, there was no generator on site when the power cut out and
by the time it was set up the food had perished

How large and how expensive would a generator be to run a large supermarket?

Link to story:
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/photograph-of-coles-bin-full-of-discarded...

It might not be economic.
At a very rough guess $200K for a 3 phase generator. That is all installed and up and running.
Needs specialist maintenance and regular specialist functional testing.
Multiply that by every woolworths store in Aussie.

They could also have a number of portable generators on the back of large trucks -
that way they could drive to each supermarket that lost power and plug it in.
However they would need the facility to be able to plug in at each supermarket
and that would not be cheap for electricians to install.
They would need a truck within an hour's drive of each supermarket
and drivers on permanent standby - another expense.

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