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Australian conglomerate From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Metcash Limited is an Australian wholesaler and conglomerate company that distributes food, liquor and hardware. The company is headquartered in Macquarie Park, Sydney.[1]
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In 1927, Joe David founded his first corner store in Woolloomooloo, Sydney trading as Davids. Having expanded to six stores, in 1935 Davids opened a wholesale warehouse in Redfern. In 1966, Davids entered the liquor market by purchasing Harbottle Brown & Co. In 1980, the AG Campbells wholesale business was acquired.
In 1987 the business was renamed Australian Liquor Marketers. The IGA brand was introduced to Australia by Davids Holdings in 1988 when 10 stores became members of IGA.
In 2000, the business was rebranded to Metcash.[2] In 2005, Metcash and Woolworths purchased Foodland.[3] Under the agreement, Foodland was divided into two with Metcash acquiring most of the Australian operations and Woolworths acquiring the New Zealand operations and 22 supermarkets in Australia.[4]
In 2012, Metcash took a majority share in Automotive Brands Group, which operated the Autobarn and Autopro chain of stores, for A$53 million and incorporated it into its automotive division.[5] The company then sold its automotive division to Burson Group (now Bapcor) in 2015 for A$275 million.[6] The chief executive officer of the automotive division was Supercar driver Paul Dumbrell.
In February 2024, Metcash announced that it had signed three acquisition agreements (Superior Food Group; Bianco Construction Supplies; Alpine Truss) cumulatively valued at approximately US$558.5 million.[7]
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The company has three business divisions, being Food & Grocery, Liquor (Australian Liquor Marketers) and Hardware.[8]
It owns many different banners, including IGA, Home Hardware, Cellarbrations and Thirsty Camel.[9][10] It licenses these banners to independent retailers, and provides marketing and operations support. The company also supplies banners that are not owned by Metcash, including FoodWorks and Friendly Grocer.
Metcash also operates a convenience division, made up of Campbells Cash & Carry, C-Store Distribution and Independent Grocers (NT).
Metcash Food & Grocery
Metcash-owned banners
- IGA
- Village Grocer
- Superior Food Group[13]
- Superior Food Services
- Global Meats
Supplied by Metcash
- 4 Square (now Eziway)
- FoodWorks
- Friendly Grocer
- 7-Eleven
- BP
- Lucky 7
Convenience
- Campbells Cash & Carry
- C-Store Distribution
- Independent Grocers (NT)
Australian Liquor Marketers
Australian Liquor Marketers is the liquor arm of Metcash, running liquor store franchises and distributing liquor to businesses around Australia and New Zealand. The company has 13 distribution centres across every state and territory of Australia, and a distribution centre in New Zealand. It is Australia's largest supplier of liquor to independently owned liquor retailers and largest broad-range liquor wholesaler, supplying to 12,000 liquor customers.[10] Its franchisees operate under 8 brand names below: [10][14]
- Big Bargain Liquor
- Cellarbrations
- Duncan's Liquor
- IGA Plus Liquor
- Merchants Liquor
- Porter's Liquor
- The Bottle O
- Thirsty Camel
Independent Hardware Group
- Alpine Truss
- Bianco
- Hardings
- Home Hardware
- Mitre 10
- Plants Plus
- Thrifty-Link Hardware[15]
- Total Tools[16]
- True Value Hardware
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Private label brands
Home brands of Metcash include:
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