FoodWorks is an Australian
supermarket
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chain run by independent retail group Australian United Retailers Limited (AURL). The AURL was created in November 2004 from the merger of the FoodWorks Supermarket Group Ltd (FSG) and Australian United Retailers (AUR). It is Australia's second largest leading independent supermarket retailing group, supporting in excess of
A$1.35 billion in annual sales at the retail level. Its main competitors are
Woolworths
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,
Coles,
IGA Iga may refer to:
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* Ambush at Iga Pass, a 1958 Japanese film
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and
Aldi.
Retail groups that were part of the merger included AUR, Foodstore, FoodWorks, Buy Rite, Cut Price, 727, Rite-Way, Banana Joe's, Food-Rite, Tuckerbag and Food-Way.
The AURL currently has over 600 supermarkets,
grocery stores and
convenience store
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s. The stores span seven states and territories with over 400 of them operating under the FoodWorks brand.
FoodWorks has some similarities to IGA, the brand's closest competitor. They have similar ancestry, both being created from independent retail stores merging to create supermarket groups. Also, both comprise multiple individual retailers originally trading under some of the same independent chains.
In addition, IGA's main
home brand is Black and Gold, a generic food brand which also sells in FoodWorks stores across the country.
FoodWorks have a number of their own generic brands.
Farmer Jacks FoodWorks
Farmer Jacks FoodWorks operates FoodWorks stores in
Western Australia. Farmer Jacks FoodWorks uses four trading names: "Farmer Jacks", "FoodWorks", "Farmer Jacks FoodWorks",
Claremont Claremont may refer to:
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* Claremont, Tasmania, a suburb of Hobart
* Claremont, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth
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store trades as "Jack's Wholefoods and Groceries" whilst in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, the trading name is Hannan's Marketplace by FoodWorks. In
Bridgetown the store trades as "Blackwood River Fresh FoodWorks".
See also
*
List of supermarket chains in Oceania
References
External links
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{{Supermarkets in Australia
Supermarkets of Australia
Australian companies established in 2004
Retail companies established in 2004
Companies based in Melbourne