FoodWorks

FoodWorks

FoodWorks store in Taroom, Queensland
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Retail
Founded	November 2004;20 years ago (2004-11)
Headquarters	South Wharf, Victoria, Australia
Number of locations	321 stores [1]  (2025)
Key people	Rick Wight (CEO) [2]
Products	Supermarkets, grocery stores and convenience stores
Revenue	A$160 million (2024)
Net income	A$3 million (2022)
Parent	Australian United Retailers
Website	foodworks.com.au

Australian United Retailers Limited logo

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$1.35 billion in annual sales at the retail level. Its main competitors are Woolworths, Coles, IGA and Aldi.

History

AUR was created in November 2004 from the merger of the FoodWorks Supermarket Group and Australian United Retailers (AUR). ^[3] 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

Operations

The AUR currently has over 600 supermarkets, grocery stores and convenience stores. The stores span seven states and territories.

Store formats

FoodWorks Local logo

Current store formats

FoodWorks Supermarket logo

FoodWorks Express logo

FoodWorks

Over 400 stores are 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.

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 logo

Farmer Jack's

Farmer Jack's FoodWorks operates 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 logo

Hannan's Marketplace

In Kalgoorlie, the trading name is "Hannan's Marketplace by FoodWorks".

Blackwood Fresh logo

Blackwood Fresh

In Bridgetown, the store has been trading as "Blackwood Fresh FoodWorks" since 2011.

Private label brands

Best Buy

FoodWorks' home brand is Best Buy.

In addition, Metcash's home brands Black & Gold and Community Co., are stocked in FoodWorks stores across the country. ^[5]

See also

• Australia portal
• Companies portal
• Supermarkets portal

• List of supermarket chains in Oceania

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.

External links

• Official website