Festival IGA Supermarkets

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Festival IGA Supermarkets (also known as Festival Supermarkets or Festival IGA) was a branding name for IGA. The name was launched in June 1992 by Davids Holdings [(now known as (Metcash) in Victoria. The first Festival IGA supermarkets were launched in Canberra on 26 October 1992 in Hackett, Lyneham, Florey, Charnwood, Kingston and Hawker.

IGA (Australian supermarket group) Australian supermarket chain

Independent Grocers of Australia (IGA) is an Australian chain of supermarkets. IGA is owned by Metcash, but individual IGA stores are owned independently. It is the Australian branch of the international American-based Independent Grocers Association. Its main competitors are Woolworths, Coles and Aldi. It is the fourth largest chain, since Aldi overtook Metcash in supermarket revenues.

Metcash

Metcash is an Australian conglomerate company distributing and marketing groceries, fresh produce, alcoholic beverages, hardware, and other consumer goods. Notable retailers the company owns include IGA, Mitre 10 and Home Timber & Hardware.

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Within 1995, more Festival IGA Supermarkets were opened throughout Canberra and New South Wales: Deakin, Richardson, Kaleen, Jindabyne, Tumut, Merimbula, Moruya, Batemans Bay, Ainslie and Wanniassa.

Deakin, Australian Capital Territory Suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

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Richardson, Australian Capital Territory Suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Richardson is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia, district of Tuggeranong. The postcode is 2905. The suburb is named after the author Henry Handel Richardson, nom de plume of Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson (1870–1946). It was gazetted on 5 May 1975. Streets are named after writers, especially female writers. It is next to the suburbs of Calwell, Isabella Plains, Gowrie and Chisholm. It is bounded by Johnson Drive, Ashley Drive and Isabella Drive.

Kaleen Suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Kaleen is a suburb in the Belconnen district of Canberra, located within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The suburb's name means ‘water’ in the language of the Wiradjuri Aboriginal tribe of the central west region of New South Wales. Kaleen was gazetted as a suburb on 15 January 1974. The streets are named after Australian rivers.

By 1999, the Festival brand had disappeared and was renamed under the IGA banner. However, the IGA Supermarkets in Tasmania kept the Festival branding until at least 2012.

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Slogans

The logo for Festival IGA was the wording "Festival" in a red font with yellow shadowing in the background and there was a blue star on top of the "I".

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    1. ↑ http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127528028?searchTerm=festival supermarkets jindabyne&searchLimits=sortby=dateAsc|||l-decade=199
    2. ↑ http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126951140?searchTerm=festival supermarkets June&searchLimits=sortby=dateAsc|||l-decade=199
    3. ↑ http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126956293?searchTerm=festival supermarkets&searchLimits=sortby=dateAsc|||l-decade=199
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