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Festival IGA Supermarkets (also known as Festival Supermarkets or Festival IGA) was a branding name for
IGA 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 gen ...
. The name was launched in June 1992 by Davids Holdings
now known as (Metcash) in Victoria, Australia">Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
. The first Festival IGA supermarkets were launched in Canberra on 26 October 1992 in Hackett, Australian Capital Territory, Hackett, Lyneham, Australian Capital Territory, Lyneham, Florey, Australian Capital Territory, Florey, Charnwood, Australian Capital Territory, Charnwood,
Kingston, Australian Capital Territory, Kingston and
Hawker
Hawker or Hawkers may refer to:
Places
* Hawker, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra
* Hawker, South Australia, a town
* Division of Hawker, an Electoral Division in South Australia
* Hawker Island, Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarct ...
.
Within 1995, more Festival IGA Supermarkets were opened throughout Canberra and New South Wales:
Deakin,
Richardson
Richardson may refer to:
People
* Richardson (surname), an English and Scottish surname
* Richardson Gang, a London crime gang in the 1960s
* Richardson Dilworth, Mayor of Philadelphia (1956-1962)
Places Australia
* Richardson, Australian Cap ...
,
Kaleen
Kaleen ( or ) is a suburb in the Belconnen district of Canberra, located within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The suburb's name means ‘water’ in the language of the Wiradjuri Aboriginal tribe of the central west region of New ...
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Jindabyne
Jindabyne () is a town in south-east New South Wales, Australia that overlooks Lake Jindabyne near the Snowy Mountains, in Snowy Monaro Regional Council. It is a popular holiday destination year round, especially in winter. This is due to its p ...
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Tumut
Tumut () is a town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, situated on the banks of the Tumut River.
Tumut sits on the north-west foothills of the Snowy Mountains and is located on the traditional lands of the Wiradjuri, Wolgalu ...
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Merimbula
Merimbula is a town on the Merimbula Lake, located on the Far South Coast or Sapphire Coast of New South Wales, Australia. At the , the population was 3,544.
The population within 10 km of the Merimbula Post office is over 18,000 people. ...
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Moruya
Moruya is a town located on the far south coast of New South Wales, Australia, situated on the Moruya River. The Princes Highway runs through the town that is about south of Sydney and from Canberra. At the , Moruya had a population of 4 ...
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Batemans Bay
Batemans Bay is a town on the South Coast region of the state of New South Wales, Australia. Batemans Bay is administered by the Eurobodalla Shire council. The town is situated on the shores of an estuary formed where the Clyde River meets the ...
,
Ainslie and
Wanniassa
Wanniassa () (postcode 2903) is a suburb in Australia's capital, Canberra: more specifically, in the city's southern district of Tuggeranong. The suburb takes its name from a pastoral property granted to Thomas McQuoid in 1835, which he named af ...
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By 1999, the Festival brand had disappeared and was renamed under the IGA banner. However, the IGA Supermarkets in
Tasmania
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kept the Festival branding until at least 2012.
Slogans
* "Best and Fresh and Costs you Less"
* "The Friendly sized supermarket"
Logo
The logo for Festival IGA was the wording "Festival" in a red font with yellow shadowing in the background and there was a blue star on top of the "I".
References
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Defunct supermarkets of Australia
Australian companies established in 1992
Food and drink companies established in 1992
Retail companies established in 1992
Retail companies disestablished in 1999
Australian grocers