FoodWorks

FoodWorks
Company typeSupermarket chain
IndustryRetail
FoundedNovember 2004
Headquarters
South Wharf, Victoria, Australia
Number of locations
500+ stores (200+ under the FoodWorks brand)[1] (2023)
Key people
Rick Wight (CEO)[2]
ProductsGroceries & General Products
Revenue$149 million (2022)
$3 million (2022)
ParentAustralian United Retailers
Websitefoodworks.com.au

FoodWorks is an Australian supermarket chain run by independent retail group Australian United Retailers (AUR). AUR was created in November 2004 from the merger of the FoodWorks Supermarket Group and Australian United Retailers (AUR).[3] It is Australia's second largest leading independent supermarket retailing group, supporting in excess of A$1.35 billion in annual sales at the retail level. Its main competitors are Woolworths, Coles, IGA and Aldi.

Retail groups that were part of the merger included AUR, Foodstore, FoodWorks, Buy Rite, Cut Price, 727, Rite-Way, Banana Joe's, Food-Rite, Tuckerbag and Food-Way.

The AUR currently has over 600 supermarkets, grocery stores and convenience stores. The stores span seven states and territories with over 400 of them operating under the FoodWorks brand.[4]

FoodWorks has some similarities to IGA, the brand's closest competitor. They have similar ancestry, both being created from independent retail stores merging to create supermarket groups. Also, both comprise multiple individual retailers originally trading under some of the same independent chains.

In addition, IGA's main home brand is Black and Gold, a generic food brand which also sells in FoodWorks stores across the country.[5] FoodWorks have a number of their own generic brands.[citation needed]

Farmer Jacks FoodWorks

Farmer Jacks FoodWorks operates FoodWorks stores in Western Australia. Farmer Jacks FoodWorks uses four trading names: "Farmer Jacks", "FoodWorks", "Farmer Jacks FoodWorks", Claremont store trades as "Jack's Wholefoods and Groceries" whilst in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, the trading name is Hannan's Marketplace by FoodWorks. In Bridgetown the store trades as "Blackwood River Fresh FoodWorks".

See also

References

  1. ^ "Who is AUR?".
  2. ^ "Company Overview of Australian United Retailers Limited". Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Company Overview". BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  4. ^ "History". Australian United Retailers Limited. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  5. ^ "FoodWorks chooses CEVA over Metcash". Transport & Logistics News. Archived from the original on 17 March 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
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