Independent Grocers of Australia (IGA) is an Australian chain of supermarkets. IGA is owned by

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, but individual IGA stores are owned independently. Its main competitors are

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, Coles,

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and

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. It is the fourth largest chain, since Aldi overtook Metcash in supermarket revenues.

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The American-owned Independent Grocers Alliance has over 5,000 stores in over 30 countries. The IGA brand was introduced to Australia by Davids Holdings in 1988 when 10 stores became members of IGA. As of January 2020, there are over 1,400 IGA stores in Australia, a number which fluctuates as independently owned stores close, open, or are sold and rebranded out of the group. Many of the stores were acquired from other brands such as

or Coles when they shut down stores following their own acquisitions of smaller brands during the major industry period of rationalisation in the 2000s. Mount Barker Supa IGA, 2018 (01)

There are a wide variety of stores under the brand, from small corner and convenience stores, liquor stores, and large full service grocery stores. The stores operate under the same IGA brands but are individually owned and operated. For a brief period of time IGA owned stores in

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following corporate mergers. In 2019, it was reported that IGA had 7% of the grocery market in Australia. Forest Hill Shopping Centre

In 2018, IGA began a rebrand that repositioned the chain as a "truly niquelylocalised" option, scrapping the white colour and corrugated metal for wood veneer and chalkboard and a series of chalk emblems for stores. A while ago, the chain previously similarly used the slogan "How the locals like it" referencing

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, followed by "Where the ''locals'' matter".

Brands

IGA's main

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is ''Black and Gold'', a generic food brand which also sells in

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across the country. Items are easily distinguished because of the gold/yellow packaging with the black writing on the item. There is also a more upscale IGA ''Signature'' range that is identified by a metallic signature brand. "No Frills" was previously the

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home brand and is available mostly in Western Australian stores.

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* {{Supermarkets Companies of Australia Supermarkets of Australia Retail companies established in 1988 Australian companies established in 1988 Australian grocers

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