List of supermarket chains in Oceania

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This is a list of supermarket chains in Oceania.

Australia[]

Coles Group[]

Metcash Trading[]

  • IGA
  • Supa IGA
  • IGA X-Press/Local Grocer IGA
  • Foodland IGA
  • Supa Valu IGA

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"[citation needed]

Woolworths Limited[]

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)
  • 2. FoodWorks - Used under Licence in (Western Australia only)[citation needed]

Independent businesses[]

  • Aldi Australia
  • Fresh Format supermarket chain with 5 stores in Central West NSW.
  • (Western Australia only) Consists of 1 Store: High Wycombe. Stores in Midland Centrepoint, Victoria Park, Bunbury, Warnbro Centre, Mirrabooka Square, Kwinana Marketplace and Wanneroo have since closed.
  • Costco (Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria
  • Drakes Supermarkets (South Australia and Queensland)
  • Farmer Jack's Supermarkets (11 location's in WA)
  • Festival City, food wholesaler (South Australia, only)
  • [1] (Victoria and Mount Gambier only)
  • (South Australia, NT and Broken Hill)
  • Fresh & Save Australia- Food Warehouses (Queensland, Operated and owned) found only in QLD
  • (Western Australia only)
  • Friendly Grocer (Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria)
  • (Western Australia Only) 1 Store in Fremantle
  • Gaganis Brothers (South Australia)
  • Harris Farm Markets (New South Wales, QLD)
  • India At Home (Melbourne only)
  • 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)
  • (New South Wales and Victoria only)
  • (New South Wales only)
  • Metropolitan Fresh (South Australia)
  • (New South Wales only)
  • Asian supermarket (South Asian, South East Asian and East Asian) (Victoria only)
  • [2] Owned and operated by Tradeorigins Pty Ltd (Victoria, South Australia and online)
  • Omega Foods, (South Australia)
  • Ritchie's (IGA Supermarkets)
  • 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 (Australian petrol stations)
  • Supabarn (Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales)
  • (New South Wales only)
  • Asian Supermarket (New South Wales only)
  • Tony & Marks (South Australia)
  • (Queensland only)
  • , it operates Leo's Fine Food & Wine, Maxi Food's (Victoria)
  • (inner suburban Melbourne only)
  • (outer suburban Melbourne and regional Victoria* only)
  • Australian United Retailers Limited
  • Foodworks (AURL, Australia)
  • (Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory and Queensland)
  • SPAR[3](Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Queensland)
  • (Victoria Only)
  • X Convienance (S.A and W.A.)[4]

Former supermarket chains[]

Brisbane Cash and Carry B.C.C (Australia) [5] Acquired by Woolworths Australia

Bi-Lo Supermarkets (Australia)

Franklin's Supermarkets (Australia)

4 Square Supermarkets (Australia)

Foodland Associated Limited Group[]

  • Action Supermarkets (Queensland, Northern NSW, Western Australia only) 49 stores sold to and rebranded as Woolworths, remaining stores rebranded as IGA in 2006.
  • Foodland Supermarkets (Western Australia Only) - same name as the stores in South Australia and Northern Territory but not financially related.

Woolworths Limited[]

  • Food For Less 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, 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 (Western Australia only) Re-branded as Coles in 2003. Some stores sold to FAL and rebranded as Action.
  • BI-LO was a supermarket chain established in 1979 in South Australia. It was bought by Coles Myer 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
  • 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
  • - re-branded as FoodWorks in 2003.
  • Franklins - sold to Metcash in 2010
  • Franklins Big Fresh (Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria only) - all stores closed or sold off in 2001
  • BBC Supermarket
  • (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
  • - taken over by AUR in the 1990s, re-branded as FoodWorks in 2003.
  • (ACT?) - taken over by Woolworths Limited, stores re-branded as Woolworths
  • (Western Australia only)
  • Clancy's (Western Australia only) - re-branded as IGA in 2006.
  • Dickens Foodmarkets
  • Giants supermarket (Queensland)
  • Super Q store (Queensland)
  • - rebranded as IGA in 2000.
  • Foodland Supermarkets (Western Australia only) - re-branded as Eziway Food store
  • (South Australia only) - re-branded Foodland IGA
  • Food Master
  • (Western Australia only - re-branded as Eziway in 2004
  • (New South Wales only) - all but one store were taken over and rebranded as Franklins in 2002.
  • Goodfellows
  • (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 Food For Less 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
  • Permewans
  • Rite-Price (South Australia, low discount store's)
  • Riteway
  • (Western Australia only) - consisted of one store within the City of Rockingham at United Cinemas complex
  • (Tasmania only) - re-branded as Woolworths in 2002
  • Roelf Vos (Tasmania only) - re-branded as Woolworths in 2002
  • Safeway Supermarkets - re-branded as Woolworths between 1985-2017)
  • Saveway
  • (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.[6]
  • 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
  • - converted to Coles supermarkets and K-Mart discount department stores in the early 1990s
  • (Western Australia only) - consisted of one store in Maylands and was rebadged as IGA
  • (AURL, FoodWorks)

New Zealand[]

Current[]

Supermarket retailing in New Zealand is a duopoly:

Former[]

  • Progressive Enterprises
    • 3 Guys - rebranded as Countdown
    • Big Fresh - rebranded as Woolworths or Countdown
    • Foodtown - rebranded as Countdown
    • Price Chopper - rebranded as Woolworths or Countdown
    • Woolworths - rebranded as Countdown
    • - rebranded as Pak'nSave Mini
  • The Warehouse - shut down their supermarket sections but continues to sell some food items

Papua New Guinea[]

  • Supermarket chain belonging to who also own chemist and hardware outlets.
  • San Kam Ap (Stores) 1980's
  • Burns Philp

References[]

  1. ^ readNovember 26, CHRIS McLENNANless than 2 min; Times, 2015-10:01AMThe Weekly (25 November 2015). "Supermarket shake-up". weeklytimesnow. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ "About Us". NQR Discount Variety Warehouse. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  3. ^ "About SPAR Australia". spar. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  4. ^ Convienance, X. "X Convienance". X Convienance.
  5. ^ "1923 Brisbane Cash and Carry opens". Australian Food History Timeline. Jan O'Connell. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  6. ^ "The curious history of Duneira, Mt Macedon's hidden treasure". ABC Ballarat. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
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