FoodWorks
Australian supermarket chain
FoodWorks is an Australian supermarket chain run by independent retail group Australian United Retailers (AUR). It is Australia's second largest independent supermarket retailing group behind Metcash, supporting in excess of A$2.6 billion in annual sales at the retail level. Its main competitors are Woolworths, Coles, IGA and Aldi.
The AUR and FoodWorks Management team is led by CEO Rick Wight and Executive General Manager Jon Yarnall.
01History
AUR was created in November 2004 from the merger of the FoodWorks Supermarket Group and Australian United Retailers (AUR). Retail groups that were part of the merger included:
- 7"2"7
- AUR
- Banana Joe's
- Buy Rite
- Cut Price
- Food-Rite
- Food-Way
- FoodStore
- FoodWorks
- Rite-Way
- Tuckerbag
02Operations
The AUR currently has over 600 supermarkets, grocery stores and convenience stores. The stores span seven states and territories. Over 400 stores are operating under the FoodWorks brand. 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.
03Store formats
Current store formats
Foodworks Asian Supermarket
Large Asian supermarket format.
FoodWorks Express
Convenience store format suited to ‘grab and go’ shop.
FoodWorks Local
Grocery store format aimed at top-ups and secondary shops.
FoodWorks Supermarket
Large supermarket format delivering a full shop.
Farmer Jack's
Farmer Jack's FoodWorks operates 12 FoodWorks stores in Western Australia. Farmer Jack's FoodWorks uses four trading names:
- "Farmer Jack's" since 1987
- "Farmer Jack's FoodWorks"
- "FoodWorks"
- "Jack's Wholefoods and Groceries" (Claremont store)
Hannan's Marketplace
In Kalgoorlie, the trading name is "Hannan's Marketplace by FoodWorks".
Blackwood Fresh
In Bridgetown, the store has been trading as "Blackwood Fresh FoodWorks" since 2011.
04Private label brands
Best Buy
A value brand that competes with Woolworths Essentials, Coles Simply and Metcash Black & Gold.
In addition, Metcash's home brands Black & Gold and Community Co., are stocked in FoodWorks stores across the country.
Sources and credits
This article is adapted from the Wikipedia article “FoodWorks”, written by its contributors and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Fathomly has changed the layout, removed citation markers, navigation and maintenance notices, and adjusted punctuation. This adapted version is shared under the same license. For references, see the original article.
Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- Taroom FoodWorks June 2014.jpg by RegionalQueenslander, CC BY-SA 4.0
- FoodWorks Express logo.png by Onomatopoeia1, CC0
- FoodWorks Local logo.jpg by Onomatopoeia1, CC0
- FoodWorks Supermarket logo.jpg by Onomatopoeia1, CC0
- Farmer Jack's logo.jpg by Onomatopoeia1, CC0
- Hannan's Marketplace logo.png by Onomatopoeia1, CC0
- Best Buy logo.png by Onomatopoeia1, CC BY-SA 4.0
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