IGA Foodland is an Australian

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chain with 96 locations, primarily in

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, but also in the

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and

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. The stores are independently owned and operated, although several operators own multiple stores, the majority of stores are owned by

Metcash 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 consumer ...

, the owners of national supermarket chain

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History (Foodland)

The Hoeper family established a grocery store in 1871, at Glenelg South in

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. In 1962, it became the first store to be branded Foodland. It has been expanded and modified over the years to become a small shopping centre, and is now run by Romeo's Retail Group. Some larger stores were called Foodland SupaFresh, until Foodland decided to stop using the SupaFresh name. In 2005, the Foodland brand name was bought by Metcash-owned IGA. The stores are independently owned and reflect their individual owners and locations. In April 2014, Con Sciacca was appointed Foodland CEO, having previously held several positions at

. In July 2020, Foodland's previous CEO, Con Sciacca, will hand over to Franklin Dos Santos the new CEO role. From 2015 to 2021, Foodland and their South Australian customers helped

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$82,935 for

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disability communities.

Major Foodland Operators

Romeo's Retail Group

Romeo's Retail Group owns (September 2019) 39 Foodland IGA stores. A notable store is located in and off Rundle Mall in the Adelaide city. Romeo's new warehouse size Supa Valu mega supermarkets in

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. The Romeo's have a number of its IGAs called Locali and "Food Hall".

Eudunda Farmers Limited

Eudunda Farmers Ltd is a co-operative established at

Eudunda Eudunda is a rural town in South Australia, roughly 103 kilometres northeast of Adelaide, established in 1870 after settlers began moving into the area in the 1860s. As of the 2006 census, Eudunda had a population of 640. Eudunda is in the Regi ...

in country South Australia in 1896. Eudunda Farmers currently own and operate 18 Foodland and three IGA stores throughout country, South Australia.

Chapley Family (Brothers)

The Chapley brothers, John and Nick, own a large number of metropolitan Adelaide Foodland stores
Commercial Retail Group (CRG)
runs two of the flagship stores, at Pasadena and

Frewville Frewville is a small suburb in the South Australian city of Adelaide. It is three kilometres south-east of Adelaide's central business district (CBD). The name Frewville is taken from an early settler James Frew. Frewville is in the local ...

. The latter won the "International Retailer of the Year excellence award" at the IGA Conference in the US in 2016. The Pasadena and Frewville stores trade as "the world's finest awarded supermarkets".

Munno Para Munno Para is a northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Playford. In the local Kaurna dialect, Munno Para means ''golden wattle creek''. The name refers to either the Gawler River (which starts at the conflue ...

, Norwood, Henley Square, Saint's, Sefton Plaza Foodland stores are run by the John Chapley Family.

Carter's Retail

Having stores in Coober Pedy, that's an IGA also a Hardware store. And a store in Naracoorte which is a Foodland.

Klose Family

The Klose family runs a number of Foodland supermarkets in the Adelaide Hills, in Balhannah, Birdwood,

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, Nairne and

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. Since the Klose family opened their doors in 1902. The Klose family have supported local farmers, growers and makers by buying local – from seasonal produce to smallgoods, chutneys to cheese, bacon to biscuits and jam to wine products. The Klose family contributes and donates to a number of Country Fire Service stations in the Adelaide Hills.

McLeod Family

The McLeod family run the

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Foodland store in Beryl Street.

Rugless Family

The Rugless family, own and operator a well established Foodland Market Fresh in

Brighton, South Australia Brighton is a coastal suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, situated between Seacliff and Glenelg and aside Holdfast Bay. Some notable features of the area are the Brighton-Seacliff Yacht Club, the Brighton Surf Lifesaving Club, the Brighton J ...

, originally owned a chain of butcher shops before venturing into supermarkets. They have owned and operated 10 butcher stores.

Smith Family

Balaklava Foodland which is run by the Smith family. Jamal Family The Jamal Family run and operate the Thebarton Foodland in the western suburbs of Adelaide.

References

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Romeo's Retail GroupCommercial Retail Group
- ''Adelaide's Finest Supermarkets'' {{Supermarkets in Australia Supermarkets of Australia Retail companies established in 1962 Australian grocers Companies based in Adelaide Australian companies established in 1962