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Australian supermarket chain

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FoodWorks FoodWorks logo FoodWorks store in Taroom, Queensland Type Subsidiary Industry Retail Founded November 2004; 21 years ago (2004-11) Headquarters South Wharf, Victoria, Australia Number of locations 332 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

**FoodWorks** is an Australian [supermarket](/source/Supermarket) chain run by independent retail group Australian United Retailers (AUR). It is Australia's second largest independent supermarket retailing group behind [Metcash](/source/Metcash), supporting in excess of [A$](/source/Australian_dollar)2.6 billion in annual sales at the retail level. Its main competitors are [Woolworths](/source/Woolworths_(Australia)), [Coles](/source/Coles_Supermarkets), [IGA](/source/IGA_Supermarkets_(Australia)) and [Aldi](/source/Aldi).

The AUR and FoodWorks Management team[3] is led by CEO Rick Wight and Executive General Manager Jon Yarnall.

## History

AUR was created in November 2004 from the merger of the FoodWorks Supermarket Group and Australian United Retailers (AUR).[4] 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](/source/Supermarkets), [grocery stores](/source/Grocery_store) and [convenience stores](/source/Convenience_store). The stores span seven states and territories. Over 400 stores are operating under the FoodWorks brand.[5] FoodWorks has some similarities to [IGA](/source/Metcash), 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.

## Store formats

### Current store formats

#### Foodworks Asian Supermarket

Large [Asian supermarket](/source/Asian_supermarket) format.

#### FoodWorks Express

FoodWorks Express logo

[Convenience store](/source/Convenience_store) format suited to ‘grab and go’ shop.

#### FoodWorks Local

FoodWorks Local logo

[Grocery store](/source/Grocery_store) format aimed at top-ups and secondary shops.

#### FoodWorks Supermarket

FoodWorks Supermarket logo

Large [supermarket](/source/Supermarkets) format delivering a full shop.

#### Farmer Jack's

Farmer Jack's logo

Farmer Jack's FoodWorks operates 12 FoodWorks stores in [Western Australia](/source/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](/source/Claremont%2C_Western_Australia) store)

#### Hannan's Marketplace

Hannan's Marketplace logo

In [Kalgoorlie](/source/Kalgoorlie), the trading name is "Hannan's Marketplace by FoodWorks".

#### Blackwood Fresh

In [Bridgetown](/source/Bridgetown%2C_Western_Australia), the store has been trading as "Blackwood Fresh FoodWorks" since 2011.

## Private label brands

### Best Buy

Best Buy logo

A value brand that competes with [Woolworths Essentials](/source/Woolworths_(Australia)#Woolworths_Essentials), [Coles Simply](/source/Coles_Supermarkets#Coles_Simply) and [Metcash Black & Gold](/source/Metcash#Black_&_Gold).

In addition, [Metcash](/source/Metcash)'s home brands [Black & Gold](/source/Metcash#Private_label_brands) and [Community Co.](/source/Metcash#Private_label_brands), are stocked in FoodWorks stores across the country.[6]

## See also

- [Australia portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Australia)
- [Companies portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Companies)
- [Supermarkets portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Supermarkets)

- [List of supermarket chains in Oceania](/source/List_of_supermarket_chains_in_Oceania)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Who is AUR?"](https://www.aur.com.au/about/who-is-aur).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Company Overview of Australian United Retailers Limited"](http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=23824805). Retrieved 16 April 2012.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["AUR Leadership Team"](https://www.aur.com.au/about/leadership-team). *www.aur.com.au*. Retrieved 6 October 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Company Overview"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120219111534/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=23824800). [BusinessWeek](/source/Bloomberg_Businessweek). Archived from [the original](http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=23824800) on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["History"](http://www.foodworks.com.au/about). Australian United Retailers Limited. Retrieved 11 August 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["FoodWorks chooses CEVA over Metcash"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100317184853/http://www.tandlnews.com.au/2008/10/09/article/PCATAGIDPG.html). Transport & Logistics News. Archived from [the original](http://www.tandlnews.com.au/2008/10/09/article/PCATAGIDPG.html) on 17 March 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2009.

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [FoodWorks](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:FoodWorks).

- [Official website](https://foodworks.com.au/)

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