Metcash Trading () is an Australian
conglomerate company
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headquartered in Wooloomooloo, NSW.
Metcash is a distributing and marketing support in supermarket groceries, perishables, fresh produce, alcoholic beverages, hardware, and other consumer goods.
Retailers of note the company owns include supermarkets and convenience stores
IGA, Campbell's Wholesale, Cash and Carry and
IGA Foodland
Hardware retailers include
Mitre 10
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,
Home Hardware
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and
Thrifty-Link Hardware.
Automotive business
Metcash took a majority share in Automotive Brands Group
Autobarn
Metcash Trading () is an Australian conglomerate company headquartered in Wooloomooloo, NSW.
Metcash is a distributing and marketing support in supermarket groceries, perishables, fresh produce, alcoholic beverages, hardware, and other consume ...
and more for $53 million in 2012 and incorporated it into its automotive division. The company then sold its automotive division to Burson Group (now Bapcor) in 2015 for $275 million. The chief executive officer of the automotive division was
Supercar
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driver
Paul Dumbrell
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Racing history
Junior career
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.
Company divisions
Metcash Food & Grocery Supermarkets
*
IGA
* Supa IGA/
Foodland
Metcash Convenience
* Campbells Wholesale
* Campbells Cash & Carry
* Cash & Carry WA
* C-Store Distribution
* Lucky 7 Convenience Store
* IGA X-Press stores
*
Friendly Grocer
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* Local Grocery IGA stores
* Eziway Food stores
* Fresh Pantry
Australian Liquor Marketers ''(ALM)''
Australian Liquor Marketers
Australian Liquor Marketers is the liquor arm of Metcash. It distributes liquor to businesses around Australia and New Zealand, and runs a franchise of almost 2900 liquor stores operating as The Bottle-O, Cellarbrations, IGA Liquor, Duncans, Thirs ...
is the liquor arm of Metcash, running liquor store franchises and distributing liquor to businesses around
Australia
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and
New Zealand
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. Its almost 2900 franchisees operate under the brand names
The Bottle O,
Cellarbrations,
IGA liquor Iga may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Ambush at Iga Pass, a 1958 Japanese film
* Iga no Kagemaru, Japanese manga series
* Iga, a set of characters from the Japanese novel '' The Kouga Ninja Scrolls''
Biology
* ''Iga'' (beetle), a ge ...
, Duncan's Liquor,
Thirsty Camel
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, Big Bargain Liquor, Porter's Liquor and
Merchants Liquor
Australian Liquor Marketers is the liquor arm of Metcash. It distributes liquor to businesses around Australia and New Zealand, and runs a franchise of almost 2900 liquor stores operating as The Bottle-O, Cellarbrations, IGA Liquor, Duncans, Thirs ...
.
The company has 13 distribution centres across every state and territory of Australia, and a distribution centre in New Zealand. It is Australia's largest supplier of liquor to independently owned liquor retailers and largest broad-range liquor wholesaler, supplying to 12,000 liquor customers.
Metcash Hardware ''(IHG)''
*
Mitre 10
Mitre 10 is an Australian retail and trade hardware store chain. Operations are based on a cooperative system, where the store owners are members of the national group and each has voting rights. The chain name references the mitre joint. The ...
*
Home Hardware
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* Thrifty-Link Hardware
* True Value Hardware
* Hardings
* Total Tools
Brands
* Community Co
* Black and Gold
* Foodland products
IGA Ambassador
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Shane Jacobson
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- Australian actor (IGA Ambassador)''
References
External links
Official website
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Conglomerate companies of Australia
Companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange
1927 establishments in Australia
Retail companies established in 1927
Australian grocers