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| ASX: EDV | |
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 2019 |
| Founder | Woolworths Group |
| Headquarters | , Australia |
Key people | Peter Hearl (Chairman) Steve Donohue (Managing Director) |
| Revenue | $1.4 billion (2021) |
| $261 million (2021) | |
Number of employees | 28,000 (2021) |
| Subsidiaries | See below |
| Website | www.endeavourgroup.com.au |
Endeavour Group Ltd (EG) is an Australian alcoholic drinks retailer, hotel operator, and poker machine operator that was spun off from Woolworths Group in 2021.
In 2019, Woolworths restructured its alcoholic drinks business to form Endeavour Group. [1] In June 2021, the Endeavour Group was listed as a separate entity on the Australian Securities Exchange. [2] [3]
In April 2023, Endeavour invested $3 million in esports company Fortress. [4]
In August 2023, the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission fined Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group $550,000 after finding the company had run 220 gaming machines across 62 venues in the state without installing the mandatory harm reduction technology YourPlay. [5]
Cellarmasters was acquired by Woolworths from Archer Capital in 2011 for $340 million. [9] The company was founded in 1982 by David Thomas. [10]
Jimmy Brings is a liquor delivery business founded in 2011 by Nathan Besser and David Berger. [11] [12] The business was acquired by Woolworths in December 2017. [13] The company expanded its range to include non-liquor drinks, snacks and convenience items in 2022. [14]
Paragon Wine Estates, Endeavour's premium wine portfolio, was established in September 2019 to house existing Endeavour brands Krondorf, Isabel Estate, Riddoch and the newly-acquired Chapel Hill. [15] Paragon acquired Yarra Valley winery Oakridge Wines in March 2021, [16] Tasmanian winery Josef Chromy Wines in May 2022, [17] McLaren Vale's Shingleback Wine in August 2022, [18] and Margaret River winery Cape Mentelle Vineyards in January 2023. [19]
Shorty's Liquor was founded in 2001 by David Short. It is a liquor delivery business focused on business and corporate customers. Woolworths purchased a majority stake in the company in 2020. [20] [21]
Myer is an Australian mid-range to upscale department store. It trades in all Australian states and one of Australia's two self-governing territories. Myer retails a broad range of products across women's, men's, and children's clothing, as well as footwear and accessories, cosmetics and fragrance, homewares, electrical, connected home, furniture, toys, books and stationery, food and confectionery, and travel goods.
Woolworths Group Limited is an Australian multinational retail and finance company, primarily known for the operation of its retail chain Woolworths Supermarkets across Australia, Woolworths in New Zealand and its discount department store Big W. Headquartered in Bella Vista, Sydney, it is the largest company in Australia by revenue and number of employees, and the second-largest in New Zealand.
Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd, doing business as Coles, is an Australian supermarket, retail and consumer services chain, headquartered in Melbourne as part of Coles Group. Founded in 1914 in the suburb of Collingwood by Sir George Coles, Coles currently operates 846 supermarkets throughout Australia, including several now re-branded Bi-Lo stores. Coles has over 120,000 employees and accounts for around 27 per cent of the Australian market.
Dan Murphy's is an Australian liquor store owned by Endeavour Group, with over 270 stores across the country. The business was founded in 1952 by winemaker Daniel Francis Murphy. Dan Murphy's competes principally with Coles Group brands First Choice Liquor, Vintage Cellars and Liquorland.
Woolworths Supermarkets is an Australian chain of supermarkets and grocery stores owned by Woolworths Group. Founded in 1924, Woolworths is currently Australia's largest supermarket chain with a market share of 33% as of 2019.
Woolworths Holdings Limited is a South African multinational retail company that owns Woolworths, a South African luxury department store chain, and Australian retailer Country Road Group. Woolworths, however, has no association to Australia's Woolworths supermarket chain.
Liquorland is an Australian liquor store chain. It is one of three liquor brands within the Coles Group, along with the larger discount format First Choice Liquor and more upmarket orientated Vintage Cellars. The Liquorland chain comprised 743 stores as of March 2023.
Coles Group Limited is an Australian public company operating several retail chains. Its chief operations are primarily concerned with the sale of food and groceries through its flagship supermarket chain Coles Supermarkets, and the sale of liquor through its Coles Liquor outlets. Since its foundation in Collingwood, Victoria in 1914, Coles has grown to become the second-largest retailer in Australia after its principal rival, Woolworths, in terms of revenue.
Beer, Wine and Spirits (BWS) is an Australian retail chain of liquor stores owned by Endeavour Group.
First Choice Liquor Market is a group of liquor superstores in Australia owned by Coles Group, and competes principally with the Endeavour Group-owned Dan Murphy's chain as a big-box retailer in the takeaway liquor market.
Treasury Wine Estates is an Australian global winemaking and distribution business with headquarters in Melbourne. It was formerly the wine division of international brewing company Foster's Group.
Cape Mentelle Vineyards is a wine estate in the Margaret River region, 274 km, south-west of Perth, Western Australia. The winery was founded by David Hohnen, a third-generation farmer who studied wine making and viticulture in California in the 1960s, and his brothers Mark and Giles. Cape Mentelle is one of the ‘founding five’ wineries in Margaret River, was established in 1970, and came to prominence by winning the Jimmy Watson Memorial Trophy in 1983 and 1984 for their Cabernet sauvignon.
Lion is an alcoholic beverage company that operates in Australia and New Zealand, and a subsidiary of Japanese beverage conglomerate Kirin. It produces and markets a range of beer and cider in Australia, and wine in New Zealand and the United States through Distinguished Vineyards & Wine Partners. It acts as distributors for a range of spirits in New Zealand, but does not own any distilleries outright, although holding a 50% share of Four Pillars Gin in Victoria.
Casella Family Brands is a family-owned wine company based in Australia. Its most well-known brandname is [ yellow tail ].
Crittendens’ was a chain of grocery stores and liquor outlets operating in Melbourne, Australia, in the 20th century. The first store opened in Malvern in 1917 and the firm went on to have a total of seven retail outlets, mostly in the affluent south-eastern suburbs. The business was bought out by Myer in 1982.
Alcohol Beverages Australia (ABA) is an Australian non-profit membership–based organisation that represents retailers, producers and manufacturers of alcohol in Australia. The current president is Greg Holland and its CEO is Andrew Wilsmore.
Bruce Mathieson is an Australian businessman, sometimes referred to as a 'billionaire pub baron'. He is known for his influence in the Australian pub, hotel, and gambling sectors.
Bruce Mathieson Jnr is an Australian businessman and scion of billionaire Bruce Mathieson.
Bradford Banducci is a South African Australian businessman and is the outgoing CEO of the Woolworths Group due to retire in September 2024. He has attained degrees from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and the UNSW Business School in Australia.
