This is a list of supermarket chains in Oceania.

Australia

Coles Group Coles Group Limited is an Australian public company operating several retail chains. Its chief operations are primarily concerned with the sale of food and groceries through its flagship supermarket chain Coles Supermarkets, and the sale of li ...

Coles Supermarkets Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd, trading as Coles, is an Australian supermarket, retail and consumer services chain, headquartered in Melbourne as part of the Coles Group. Founded in 1914 in Collingwood by George Coles, Coles operates ...

* Coles Express *

Coles Local Coles Local is a subsidiary of Coles Supermarkets in Australia, founded in November 2018 in Surrey Hills, Victoria as a way of expanding into the popular small format store market. It has since expanded to fifteen sites in Victoria, New South Wa ...

Metcash Trading

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* Supa IGA *IGA X-Press/Local Grocer IGA *

Foodland "FoodLand" is a regional American supermarket chain based in New Stanton, Pennsylvania. The unique "F" logo of the supermarket chain is a registered trademark of Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of th ...

IGA *Supa Valu IGA *Eziway Food Stores (Western Australia only) 1 store in Shelley.

Progressive Trading Pty Ltd

*Progressive Supa IGA (Western Australia only) consists of: Shoalwater Supa IGA, Girrawheen Supa IGA, Waterford Supa IGA, Vale IGA. Progressive Supa IGA consisted of 15 stores 12 "Progressive Stores" and 3 "Supa IGA Stores" The last Progressive Supa IGA (Spearwood Progressive Supa IGA) closed in February 2019. Leda Supa IGA was demolished in 2018 while High Wycombe Supa IGA was sold to Pham Group IGA. Progressive Supa IGA parent company "Progressive Trading Pty Ltd" is a joint venture between "BMS Bendigo Retail Group Vic" and "Metcash"

Woolworths Group

* Woolworths Metro *

Woolworths Supermarkets Woolworths Supermarkets (colloquially known in Australia as "Woolies") is an Australian chain of supermarkets and grocery stores owned by Woolworths Group. Founded in 1924, Woolworths today is Australia's biggest supermarket chain with a ma ...

Supermarkets West Pty Ltd

* Opened its First Farmer Jack's Family Supermarket in 1987. Each of the stores are Independently owned and Operated by local Franchisees. FoodWorks Supermarkets are also locally owned and operated and Supermarkets West use the name under Licence from Australian United Retailers Limited. * 1. Farmer Jack's Family Supermarkets ''(Western Australia only) 12 stores owned by Fred Fairhorne.'' * Farmer Jacks Supermarkets (Western Australia only) 3 Independent stores located in Moora, Forrestfield and Halls Head. * 2. FoodWorks - Used under Licence in (Western Australia only)

Independent businesses

* Aldi Australia * Bernadi's Fresh Format supermarket chain with 5 stores in Central West NSW. *

Costco Costco Wholesale Corporation (doing business as Costco Wholesale and also known simply as Costco) is an American multinational corporation which operates a chain of membership-only big-box retail stores (warehouse club). As of 2022, Costco i ...

''(Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia'' * Champions IGA ''(Victoria only)'' *

Drakes Supermarkets Drake's or Drakes may refer to: Companies * Drake's (haberdashers), a UK haberdashers * Drakes Bay Oyster Company, American oyster farm and restaurant * Drake's Brewing Company, an American brewery * Drake's Cakes, an American food company * Dra ...

(''South Australia and Queensland'') *Farmer Jack's Supermarkets ''(11 location's in WA)'' *Festival City, food wholesaler ''(South Australia, only)'' * Fishers ''(Victoria and

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only)'' * Foodland IGA Supermarkets ''(South Australia, NT and Broken Hill)'' * Freshplus *Fresh & Save Australia- ''Food Warehouses'' ''(Queensland, Operated and owned)'' found only in QLD * Fresh Provisions ''(Western Australia only)'' *

Friendly Grocer Friendly Grocer (formerly known as Four Square) is a small supermarket chain operating in Australia. The chain was founded in New Zealand in 1923 and expanded to Australia in 1956. Since the success of Four Square the 'Friendly Grocer' brand was ...

''(Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and South Australia)'' * Galati and Sons ''(Western Australia Only) 1 Store in Fremantle *Gaganis Brothers ''(South Australia)'' *

Harris Farm Markets Harris Farm Markets is an Australian grocery chain with over 30 different locations in New South Wales & Queensland with the majority of stores existing within the Sydney metropolitan area, the Brisbane metropolitan area, and various regional a ...

''(New South Wales, QLD)'' * India At Home ''(Melbourne only)'' * Kaufland Australia rapidly expanding subsidiary of German hypermarket retailer. 15 planned locations in ''Victoria, Queensland, SA and NSW.'' *KSM Khurasan Supermarket & Blair Athol IGA, ''(South Australia)'' *LaManna Supermarket ''(Essendon, Victoria)'' * Macro Wholefoods ''(New South Wales and Victoria only)'' * Maloneys Grocer ''(New South Wales only)'' *Metropolitan Fresh ''(South Australia)'' * Miracle Supermarkets ''(New South Wales only)'' * MKS Spices 'N Things Asian supermarket (South Asian, South East Asian and East Asian) ''(Victoria only)'' * NQR Owned and operated by Tradeorigins Pty Ltd ''(Victoria, South Australia and online)'' *Omega Foods, (''South Australia'') * Ritchie's (''IGA Supermarkets in NSW, Victoria and ACT'') *Romeo's ''(IGA, Foodland and Food Hall Supermarkets in South Australia and NSW only)'' *Seaton Supreme Foods ''(South Australia only)'' * Spudshed ''(Western Australia only)'' * Star Mart,

Ampol Ampol Limited is an Australian petroleum company headquartered in Sydney, New South Wales. Ampol is the largest transport energy distributor and retailer in Australia, with more than 1,900 Ampol-branded stations across the country . It also ope ...

''(Australian petrol stations)'' * Supabarn ''(Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales)'' *The Reject Shop ''(Across Australia, some grocery goods)'' * The Green Grocer ''(New South Wales only)'' * Tong Li Asian Supermarket ''(New South Wales only)'' *Tony & Marks ''(South Australia)'' * Valuemart ''(Queensland only)'' * Le Max Group Supermarkets, it operates Leo's Fine Food & Wine, Maxi Food's ''(Victoria)'' * Leo's Fine Food & Wine ''(inner suburban Melbourne only)'' * Maxi Foods ''(outer suburban Melbourne and regional Victoria* only)'' * Australian United Retailers Limited * Foodworks ''(AURL, Australia)'' * SPAR Australia Limited ''(Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Queensland)'' * 5 Star ''(Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory and Queensland)'' * DeDe's Discount Supermarket ''(Victoria Only)'' *X Convienance ''(S.A and W.A.)''

Former supermarket chains

Brisbane Cash & Carry B.C.C ''(Australia)'' Acquired by Woolworths Australia Bi-Lo Supermarkets ''(Australia)'' Franklin's Supermarkets ''(Australia)'' 4 Square Supermarkets ''(Australia)''

Foodland Associated Limited Group

Action Supermarkets Action (formerly Action Food Barns and Action Supermarkets) was an Australian supermarket chain. Based in Perth, Action had 80 supermarkets across Western Australia, Queensland and New South Wales, and was one of the largest supermarket chains i ...

''(Queensland, Northern NSW, Western Australia only)'' 49 stores sold to and rebranded as Woolworths, remaining stores rebranded as IGA in 2006. * Action Food Barns * Advantage Supermarkets * Dewsons Supermarkets * Dewsons Express Supermarkets * Supa Valu Supermarkets *

Foodland Supermarkets IGA Foodland is an Australian supermarket chain with 96 locations, primarily in South Australia, but also in the Northern Territory and New South Wales. The stores are independently owned and operated, although several operators own multiple ...

(Western Australia Only) - same name as the stores in South Australia and Northern Territory but not financially related. * Rules Supermarkets * Cheap Foods Supermarkets * BI-Lo Supermarkets (Western Australia only)

Woolworths Limited

Food For Less Food For Less was an Australian discount supermarket chain owned by Woolworths Limited. It was originally established in Queensland, where a discount 'food barn' chain operating as "Jack the Slasher" was acquired by Safeway USA and when Woolwor ...

chain of supermarkets located in the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland. The last store was at Beresfield, NSW, now re-branded Woolworths * Flemings ''( New South Wales,1 store was in existence and was located in

Jannali Jannali is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Jannali is located 28 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the Sutherland Shire. The majority of land use i ...

, Sydney)'' This Store Closed in 2020 and moved up the Street and into a Former IGA Store where it trades as Woolworths Metro

Coles Supermarket Group (at various times Coles Myer, Coles Group & Wesfarmers)

Newmart Bi-Lo was an Australian supermarket chain owned by Wesfarmers. Once a chain of 180 outlets, Bi-Lo stores were progressively re-branded as Coles Supermarkets from 2006, or closed. On 30 June 2017, the final store in Shailer Park, Queensland c ...

''(Western Australia only)'' Re-branded as Coles in 2003. Some stores sold to FAL and rebranded as

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. * BI-LO was a supermarket chain established in 1979 in South Australia. It was bought by

Coles Myer Coles Group Limited is an Australian public company operating several retail chains. Its chief operations are primarily concerned with the sale of food and groceries through its flagship supermarket chain Coles Supermarkets, and the sale of li ...

in 1987 and later expanded nationally. Coles started converting stores from late 2006. It withdrew from Victoria in 2009, and from NSW in 2016. The last store, located at Loganholme, Queensland, closed 30 June 2017. Most BI-LO stores were re-branded as Coles. *

Crittendens Crittendens’ was a chain of grocery stores and liquor outlets operating in Melbourne, Australia, in the 20th century. The first store opened in Malvern in 1917 and the firm went on to have a total of 7 retail outlets, mostly in the affluent so ...

* Pick 'n Pay Hypermarket (Queensland only) consisted of two stores at Aspley and Sunnybank Hills. Pick 'n Pay Hypermarkets were re-branded to other store names within the Wesfarmers Group.

Other former supermarkets

* Arrow Supermarkets *

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- re-branded as FoodWorks in 2003. *

Franklins Franklins was an Australian discount supermarket chain selling packaged groceries and perishables throughout New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and South Australia. It sold the "No Frills" home brand generic products. In 2011 the chain was ...

- sold to Metcash in 2010 * Franklins Big Fresh ''(Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria only)'' - all stores closed or sold off in 2001 *Big Save Supermarket (Western Australia only) *BBC Supermarket * Betta Value ''(Western Australia only)'' - consisted of one store located at Charthouse (Waikiki) and was renamed IGA *Bi-Lo Supermarkets ''(Rebranded as Coles Supermarkets)'' *Budget Rite Foodmarkets * Buy Rite - taken over by AUR in the 1990s, re-branded as FoodWorks in 2003. * Cannon Supermarkets (ACT?) - taken over by Woolworths Limited, stores re-branded as Woolworths * Charlie Carters ''(Western Australia only)'' * Clancy's ''(Western Australia only)'' - re-branded as IGA in 2006. *Dickens Foodmarkets *Giants supermarket (Queensland) *Super Q store (Queensland) * Festival Supermarkets - rebranded as IGA in 2000. *

''(Western Australia only)'' - re-branded as Eziway Food store * Foodland Supermarket ''(South Australia only)'' - re-branded Foodland IGA *Food Master * Four Square WA ''(Western Australia only'' - re-branded as Eziway in 2004 * Fresco Supermarkets ''(New South Wales only)'' - all but one store were taken over and rebranded as Franklins in 2002. *Goodfellows * Harry Heaths ''(Victoria metro Melbourne only)'' - Heidelberg, Forest Hill, Nunawading, Chirnside Park, Epping Plaza, Balwyn. Became part of SSW *Half Case - became Payless * Jack the Slasher Supermarkets ''(Queensland, South Australia, New South Wales)'' - renamed

in the early 1980s * Jewel Supermarkets - re-branded as IGA in 2000 *John Cade "(Western Australia only)" - 21 stores, sold to Tom The Cheap Grocer in 1970s *MityMart *Nancarrows ''(Victoria only)'' - Woolworths sold this division to Davids Holdings, many re-branded as Foodtown and Welcome Mart * Payless Supermarkets *Permewans * Rainbow Supermarkets *Rite-Price (South Australia, low discount store's) *Riteway * Rockingham Factory Outlet ''(Western Australia only)'' - consisted of one store within the City of Rockingham at United Cinemas complex *

Purity Purity may refer to: Books * ''Pureza'' (novel), a 1937 Brazilian novel by José Lins do Rego * ''Purity'' (novel), a 2015 novel by Jonathan Franzen ** ''Purity'' (TV series), a TV series based on the novel *''Purity'', a 2012 novel by Jackson P ...

''(Tasmania only)'' - re-branded as Woolworths in 2002 *

Roelf Vos Roelf Vos (1921 – 2 December 1992) was a Dutch Australian businessman who established a supermarket chain carrying his name initially in Launceston, and later throughout northern Tasmania. The equivalent in the south of the state was Purity ...

''(Tasmania only)'' - re-branded as Woolworths in 2002 * Safeway Supermarkets - re-branded as Woolworths between 1985 and 2017) *Saveway * Shoeys ''(New South Wales only)'' - re-branded as BI-LO in 1987 *SSW ''(mainly in Victoria)'' - SSW stood for "Self Service Wholesalers", but stores were always branded as SSW. *Stammers Supermarket (Western Australia only) A Family owned supermarket chain consisting of 3 Supermarkets 1. FREMANTLE - Corner of Wray Avenue and Hampton Road - now Ellen's Health Medical Centre 2. PALMYRA - Now trading as WoolWorths Supermarket 2. Winthrop - Now trading as SUPA IGA *Supa Valu ''(Western Australia)'' *Super-Rite * Super K Mart - converted to Coles supermarkets and K-Mart discount department stores in the early 1990s * Top Valu ''(Western Australia only)'' - consisted of one store in Maylands and was rebadged as IGA * Tuckerbag (AURL, FoodWorks)

New Zealand

Current

Supermarket retailing in New Zealand is a

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Woolworths NZ Woolworths New Zealand Limited (formerly Progressive Enterprises) is the second largest grocery company in New Zealand (behind Foodstuffs), with revenue of NZ$6.2 billion for the year to June 2018. Alongside Foodstuffs, Woolworths NZ forms part ...

(formerly Progressive Enterprises) **

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** FreshChoice ** SuperValue * Foodstuffs **

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** Pak'n'Save **Pak'n'Save Mini ** Raeward Fresh **

Former

*Progressive Enterprises **3 Guys - rebranded as Countdown **

Big Fresh Big Fresh was a New Zealand supermarket chain. The first Big Fresh store opened in 1988 in Mount Wellington, Auckland. In 2003, the Big Fresh brand was shut-down by its owner Progressive Enterprises, with branches converted to Countdown or W ...

- rebranded as Woolworths or Countdown **

Foodtown Foodtown was a New Zealand supermarket chain owned by Progressive Enterprises. As with Woolworths, the Foodtown brand was phased out in the late 2000s, with all stores rebranded as Countdown by the end of 2011. Foodtown supermarkets were typi ...

- rebranded as Countdown **

Price Chopper Price Chopper may refer to: United States * Price Chopper (Northeastern United States), a supermarket chain based in Schenectady, New York, with stores in eastern United States ** Price Chopper Tour Championship, a golf tournament in the Albany, ...

- rebranded as Woolworths or Countdown **

Woolworths Woolworth, Woolworth's, or Woolworths may refer to: Businesses * F. W. Woolworth Company, the original US-based chain of "five and dime" (5¢ and 10¢) stores * Woolworths Group (United Kingdom), former operator of the Woolworths chain of shop ...

- rebranded as Countdown ** Write Price - rebranded as Pak'nSave Mini *

The Warehouse The Warehouse Group (TWG) was founded by Stephen Tindall in 1982, and is the largest retail group operating in New Zealand. It is a corporate group that consists of The Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery, Torpedo7, Noel Leeming, 1-day and TheMar ...

- shut down their supermarket sections but continues to sell some food items

Papua New Guinea

* Waterfront Food World * Boroko Food World * RH Hyper-Mart *Tango *

Stop & Shop The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company, known as Stop & Shop, is a regional chain of supermarkets located in the northeastern United States. From its beginnings in 1892 as a small grocery store, it has grown to include 406 stores chain-wide. Sto ...

* JMart * Stop N Shop Supermarket chain belonging to CPL Group who also own chemist and hardware outlets. * TST Supermarkets *San Kam Ap (Stores) 1980s *Burns Philp

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