Former Supermarket Stores/Chains in SA

[magpie in the 80's]

to add to the great report from the yetti

coles bought out bilo (an independant family business from the mid 70's) in 1987.
their motto to the owner david weekes was "we can't compete against your low prices so we will buy you out" david excepted the buyout and stayed on as CEO for 1 year. once the buyout was settled the CEO of coles said to david now we have your company (which they admitted they paid too much for) we now just have to screw the owner of the real estate these bilo stores were on for low rent fees. David Weeks said to the CEO, "give me a ring when you want to set up a meeting on the rents because he OWNED all but a couple of the stores freehold" made another packet on the rents.

most supermarkets % interstate are made up with the majority of coles and woolies stores. however the IGA brand is very strong especially in ACT.

Franklins stores of which were around 200+ strong in australia folded when shareholders (dairyfarmers) demanded a bigger profit during their major FRESH renovations. there are a few left but are independantly owned.

Aldi supermarkets are the discount supermarkets of australia. far cheaper than any supermarket chains in AUST.
they have taken over the mantle from franklins, jewels, jack the slasher (qld), shoeys (nsw) and IGA

some of the main stayers AUST wide

* Coles Group Lmt
o Bi-Lo
o Bi-Lo Mega Frrresh
o Coles
o Coles Central
o Coles Express
o Pick 'n Pay Hypermarket
o Fishers (Victoria and Mount Gambier only)
o Foodland Supermarkets (South Australia only)
* Metcash
o IGA
o Supa IGA
* Woolworths Limited
o Flemings (New South Wales only)
o Safeway (Victoria only)
o Woolworths Metro
o Woolworths (outside Victoria)
o Food For Less
* Independent
o Aldi Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, ACT and Victoria only)
o Leo's Fine Food & Wine (Victoria only)
o Macro Wholefoods (New South Wales and Victoria only)
o Maxi Foods (Victoria only)
o NQR (Victoria only)
o Supabarn (ACT/NSW only)
o Valuemart (Queensland only)
* Pick 'n Pay
o Franklins (New South Wales only)
* SPAR Australia Limited
o 5 Star (New South Wales, ACT, Queensland and Northern Territory only)
o SPAR (Queensland and New South Wales only)

and some that have gone by the wayside

* Action Supermarkets (Queensland, Northern NSW, Western Australia only)
49 stores sold to and rebranded as Woolworths, remaining stores rebranded as IGA in 2006.
* Arrow Supermarkets
* AUR
Rebranded as FoodWorks in 2003.
* Franklins Big Fresh (Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria only)
All stores closed or sold off in 2001
* Buy Rite
Taken over by AUR in the 1990s, rebranded as FoodWorks in 2003.
* Cannon Supermarkets (ACT?)
Taken over by Woolworths Limited, stores rebranded as Woolworths
* Clancy's
Rebranded as IGA in 2000
* Dewsons (Western Australia only)
Rebranded as IGA in 2006
* Foodland WA (Western Australia only)
Rebranded as Eziway in 2004
* Four Square WA (Western Australia only
Rebranded as Eziway in 2004
* Fresco Supermarkets (New South Wales only)
All but one store were taken over and rebranded as Franklins in 2002.
* Goodfellows
* Jack the Slasher Supermarkets (Queensland only)
Renamed to Food For Less in the early 1980s
* Jewel Supermarkets
Rebranded as IGA in 2000
* Newmart (Western Australia only)
Rebranded as Coles in 2003. Some Stores sold to FAL and rebranded as Action.
* Payless Supermarkets
* Rainbow Supermarkets
* Purity (Tasmania only)
Rebranded as Woolworths in 2002
* Roelf Vos (Tasmania only)
Rebranded as Woolworths in 2002
* Shoeys (New South Wales only)
Rebranded as Bi-Lo in 1987
* SSW
* Supa Valu
* Super K Mart converted to Coles supermarkets and K Mart discount department stores in the early 1990s
* Tuckerbag

[Ian]

Cash Convertors/Cheese Cake Shop/Bristol @ Torrensville used to be Woolworths

when, the 60's?

Mid '80's it became a Home Hardware store, then was converted to what it is now in the late '90's

[spell_check]

The Big Crow at Pasadena - had that entrance and then to get to the checkouts from there you had to to the other end of the store and come back down again. Probably to make you purchase something on the way around.

All of the Franklins stores I think closed or converted in SA around 2000/01, and the narrow aisles were a haven for social chit-chatters. The stores I recall were at Port Adelaide (that was interesting where you had to go inside a cool room to get the frozen foods). Now a Woolworths; one was at Hollywood Plaza (now a Woolworths); Golden Grove (Foodland); and I think the Welland Jewel became a Franklins at one stage.

There was a Cheap Foods in Salisbury North; 'tis a Foodland now.

The department stores are another to have had changes over the years, Venture was at West Lakes and is now a Harris Scarfe; of course an icon for so many years, John Martins, are now a Myer at West Lakes, the Christmas Pageant stopped outside the John Martins in the city.

For some reason I recall a whole lot more about supermarkets in the late 80s; early 90s than I do footy.

[Sean]

My old man had a Tom the Cheap on Port Rd and then a Triple 7 at Mile End (i think it is Bunnings now but was originally Harry's Hardware).

[The Yetti]

to add to the great report from the yetti

coles bought out bilo (an independant family business from the mid 70's) in 1987.
their motto to the owner david weekes was "we can't compete against your low prices so we will buy you out" david excepted the buyout and stayed on as CEO for 1 year. once the buyout was settled the CEO of coles said to david now we have your company (which they admitted they paid too much for) we now just have to screw the owner of the real estate these bilo stores were on for low rent fees. David Weeks said to the CEO, "give me a ring when you want to set up a meeting on the rents because he OWNED all but a couple of the stores freehold" made another packet on the rents.

most supermarkets % interstate are made up with the majority of coles and woolies stores. however the IGA brand is very strong especially in ACT.

Franklins stores of which were around 200+ strong in australia folded when shareholders (dairyfarmers) demanded a bigger profit during their major FRESH renovations. there are a few left but are independantly owned.

Aldi supermarkets are the discount supermarkets of australia. far cheaper than any supermarket chains in AUST.
they have taken over the mantle from franklins, jewels, jack the slasher (qld), shoeys (nsw) and IGA

some of the main stayers AUST wide

* Coles Group Lmt
o Bi-Lo
o Bi-Lo Mega Frrresh
o Coles
o Coles Central
o Coles Express
o Pick 'n Pay Hypermarket
o Fishers (Victoria and Mount Gambier only)
o Foodland Supermarkets (South Australia only)
* Metcash
o IGA
o Supa IGA
* Woolworths Limited
o Flemings (New South Wales only)
o Safeway (Victoria only)
o Woolworths Metro
o Woolworths (outside Victoria)
o Food For Less
* Independent
o Aldi Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, ACT and Victoria only)
o Leo's Fine Food & Wine (Victoria only)
o Macro Wholefoods (New South Wales and Victoria only)
o Maxi Foods (Victoria only)
o NQR (Victoria only)
o Supabarn (ACT/NSW only)
o Valuemart (Queensland only)
* Pick 'n Pay
o Franklins (New South Wales only)
* SPAR Australia Limited
o 5 Star (New South Wales, ACT, Queensland and Northern Territory only)
o SPAR (Queensland and New South Wales only)

and some that have gone by the wayside

* Action Supermarkets (Queensland, Northern NSW, Western Australia only)
49 stores sold to and rebranded as Woolworths, remaining stores rebranded as IGA in 2006.
* Arrow Supermarkets
* AUR
Rebranded as FoodWorks in 2003.
* Franklins Big Fresh (Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria only)
All stores closed or sold off in 2001
* Buy Rite
Taken over by AUR in the 1990s, rebranded as FoodWorks in 2003.
* Cannon Supermarkets (ACT?)
Taken over by Woolworths Limited, stores rebranded as Woolworths
* Clancy's
Rebranded as IGA in 2000
* Dewsons (Western Australia only)
Rebranded as IGA in 2006
* Foodland WA (Western Australia only)
Rebranded as Eziway in 2004
* Four Square WA (Western Australia only
Rebranded as Eziway in 2004
* Fresco Supermarkets (New South Wales only)
All but one store were taken over and rebranded as Franklins in 2002.
* Goodfellows
* Jack the Slasher Supermarkets (Queensland only)
Renamed to Food For Less in the early 1980s
* Jewel Supermarkets
Rebranded as IGA in 2000
* Newmart (Western Australia only)
Rebranded as Coles in 2003. Some Stores sold to FAL and rebranded as Action.
* Payless Supermarkets
* Rainbow Supermarkets
* Purity (Tasmania only)
Rebranded as Woolworths in 2002
* Roelf Vos (Tasmania only)
Rebranded as Woolworths in 2002
* Shoeys (New South Wales only)
Rebranded as Bi-Lo in 1987
* SSW
* Supa Valu
* Super K Mart converted to Coles supermarkets and K Mart discount department stores in the early 1990s
* Tuckerbag

After that National report we can see why your time in the supermarket business was so successful magpie.
Well done

[Gator-Aid]

I have been in the Trade for far too many years

Set up is Chain Stores and Independent stores
Chain Stores
Coles
Bilo mostly converted to Coles or sold off. still a few in the Eastern States but owned by Coles
Woolworths..Safeway in Victoria
Aldi in Eastern States

At varying stages Coles and Woolies had price cutter stores
Coles had Price Point in the 70s and 80s
Woolworths had Fabulous

Bilo was an Independent Chain and was sold to Coles in the 70s or early eighties

Independent Chains that are still trading or have been around

Foodland Still South Aussies and still trading very very well


Tom the Cheap
Eudunda Farners also spent some time called United, but now badged IGA or Foodland
Four Square
Big Heart
Servwell
Foodtown
Welcome Mart
Half case Warehouses
Timesavers
Cash and Carry
Target Supermarkets which became Arrow supermarkets..Target was the first group to run below cost promotions along with Tom the Cheap
Jack the Ripper in Port Augusta
Rainbow stores in NT
The Big Crow at Pasadena and Alice Springs
The Boomerang store at Norwood
CCSP or something like that had a few stores
There was also a chaindown South At marion, Denham rd and at Darlington that I forget

Most of these stores are now Branded IGA which is the National Independent Chain and get their stock from the Metcash warehouse at Kidman Park, which has had so many names eg Davids, IGC, Metcash, IGA

They are all pretty much Independently owned, hence the name Independents.
There are a few Multiple Store Ownwers such as Drakes, Romeos and Chapleys and their stores trade either as Foodland or IGA.

The Independents in SA are very strong compared to the Eastern States and we are lucky to have both Foodalnd and IGA both doing well.

I reckon the original Rite Price was started by Tony ........ at Tennant Creek many years ago, then he came to Port Augusta.

[Gator-Aid]

I reckon David Weekes also started up Spendless Shoes who were in turn bought by Ezywalkins

[Bully]

yeah i think the IGA has taken over most conv stores

[Gator-Aid]

There's a 4-Square store around the corner,
and there's a Serv-Wel store around the corner.
There's a (blah blah blah) around the corner,
Yes there's a friend, near you.

Stores were given "banner names" eg.Toms,Servwel according to their weekly/monthly/annual turnover.

Oh and I forgot to add "I'm Tom!

[Ian]

My old man had a Tom the Cheap on Port Rd and then a Triple 7 at Mile End (i think it is Bunnings now but was originally Harry's Hardware).

In between being Harry's and Bunnings it was Lloyds


1/2 case is another that has gone

[CK]

The Big Crow at Pasadena - had that entrance and then to get to the checkouts from there you had to to the other end of the store and come back down again. Probably to make you purchase something on the way around.

All of the Franklins stores I think closed or converted in SA around 2000/01, and the narrow aisles were a haven for social chit-chatters. The stores I recall were at Port Adelaide (that was interesting where you had to go inside a cool room to get the frozen foods). Now a Woolworths; one was at Hollywood Plaza (now a Woolworths); Golden Grove (Foodland); and I think the Welland Jewel became a Franklins at one stage.

There was a Cheap Foods in Salisbury North; 'tis a Foodland now.

The department stores are another to have had changes over the years, Venture was at West Lakes and is now a Harris Scarfe; of course an icon for so many years, John Martins, are now a Myer at West Lakes, the Christmas Pageant stopped outside the John Martins in the city.

For some reason I recall a whole lot more about supermarkets in the late 80s; early 90s than I do footy.

One of the sadder days in SA when Johnnie's finally shut the doors. Used to love the old lifts in the city store, with the gold metal gates behind the doors. Also had one of the better record departments of any store in Adelaide. Many the bargain that I picked up there just after they left the charts . Also remember Venture very well, was taken there countless times as a little tacker for shopping.

[JK]

The Big Crow at Pasadena - had that entrance and then to get to the checkouts from there you had to to the other end of the store and come back down again. Probably to make you purchase something on the way around.

All of the Franklins stores I think closed or converted in SA around 2000/01, and the narrow aisles were a haven for social chit-chatters. The stores I recall were at Port Adelaide (that was interesting where you had to go inside a cool room to get the frozen foods). Now a Woolworths; one was at Hollywood Plaza (now a Woolworths); Golden Grove (Foodland); and I think the Welland Jewel became a Franklins at one stage.

There was a Cheap Foods in Salisbury North; 'tis a Foodland now.

The department stores are another to have had changes over the years, Venture was at West Lakes and is now a Harris Scarfe; of course an icon for so many years, John Martins, are now a Myer at West Lakes, the Christmas Pageant stopped outside the John Martins in the city.

For some reason I recall a whole lot more about supermarkets in the late 80s; early 90s than I do footy.

One of the sadder days in SA when Johnnie's finally shut the doors. Used to love the old lifts in the city store, with the gold metal gates behind the doors. Also had one of the better record departments of any store in Adelaide. Many the bargain that I picked up there just after they left the charts . Also remember Venture very well, was taken there countless times as a little tacker for shopping.

JM's at West Lakes became DJ's didnt they?

[BenchedEagle]

My local shop was Tom's @ Elizabeth North! Think now its owned by some nice asian people and is an IGA

The deli there always had 2 great videogames out the front, i used to raid my mums purse to fund those particular machines! lol

[spell_check]

The Big Crow at Pasadena - had that entrance and then to get to the checkouts from there you had to to the other end of the store and come back down again. Probably to make you purchase something on the way around.

All of the Franklins stores I think closed or converted in SA around 2000/01, and the narrow aisles were a haven for social chit-chatters. The stores I recall were at Port Adelaide (that was interesting where you had to go inside a cool room to get the frozen foods). Now a Woolworths; one was at Hollywood Plaza (now a Woolworths); Golden Grove (Foodland); and I think the Welland Jewel became a Franklins at one stage.

There was a Cheap Foods in Salisbury North; 'tis a Foodland now.

The department stores are another to have had changes over the years, Venture was at West Lakes and is now a Harris Scarfe; of course an icon for so many years, John Martins, are now a Myer at West Lakes, the Christmas Pageant stopped outside the John Martins in the city.

For some reason I recall a whole lot more about supermarkets in the late 80s; early 90s than I do footy.

One of the sadder days in SA when Johnnie's finally shut the doors. Used to love the old lifts in the city store, with the gold metal gates behind the doors. Also had one of the better record departments of any store in Adelaide. Many the bargain that I picked up there just after they left the charts . Also remember Venture very well, was taken there countless times as a little tacker for shopping.

JM's at West Lakes became DJ's didnt they?

You are right, it is a David Jones.

[magpie in the 80's]

i thought all JM stores were converted to DJ stores in the buyout

[bazza1]

The Big Crow at Pasadena - had that entrance and then to get to the checkouts from there you had to to the other end of the store and come back down again. Probably to make you purchase something on the way around.

All of the Franklins stores I think closed or converted in SA around 2000/01, and the narrow aisles were a haven for social chit-chatters. The stores I recall were at Port Adelaide (that was interesting where you had to go inside a cool room to get the frozen foods). Now a Woolworths; one was at Hollywood Plaza (now a Woolworths); Golden Grove (Foodland); and I think the Welland Jewel became a Franklins at one stage.

There was a Cheap Foods in Salisbury North; 'tis a Foodland now.

The department stores are another to have had changes over the years, Venture was at West Lakes and is now a Harris Scarfe; of course an icon for so many years, John Martins, are now a Myer at West Lakes, the Christmas Pageant stopped outside the John Martins in the city.

For some reason I recall a whole lot more about supermarkets in the late 80s; early 90s than I do footy.

I had forgotten all about Venture, great memory spelly!

[Ian]

i thought all JM stores were converted to DJ stores in the buyout

Some where converted, some closed, IIRC Harris Scarfe at Arndale was originaly a Johnies

[Psyber]

Not a chain, but I had my retail experience early in life as a student working at Miller Andersons in Hindley St, upmarket of David Jones.
I learned a lot about dinnerware, cutlery, and crystal glassware, while there.

[Pseudo]

What about Moore's?

We all know Moore's
We all know where
Moore's really is,
Victoria Square!

[Jimmy_041]

There's a 4-Square store around the corner,
and there's a Serv-Wel store around the corner.
There's a (blah blah blah) around the corner,
Yes there's a friend, near you.

I can't get that bloody song out of my head now Pseudo, thanks a lot!
Kids thought I was bloody crazy when I broke out into a rendition of it too!

Here's another bit of trivia - the blonde girl in the ad was Sonia Hughes