Ritchies Yarra Glenn launch.
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HARRISON ERA 1994 With legislation introduced allowing 24 hours trading, in 1996 Sunday trading began across Victoria. In 1998, Ritchies opened a licensed supermarket at Dandenong – the most up-to-date store ever opened by the company.
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Opening week set an all-time record for independent retailing in Australia. It was a blueprint for future Ritchies upgrades and new store fit-outs until the advent of Ritchies Fine Food and Wine stores some 18 years later.