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Founded in 1924, Woolworths is currently Australia's largest supermarket chain with a market share of 32.5% as of 2023. [2] Woolworths specialises in groceries (vegetables, fruit, meat, packaged foods, etc.), but also sells magazines, DVDs, health and beauty products, household products, pet and baby supplies, and stationery.
In 1957, Woolworths began to diversify from variety retailing when it opened its first food store at Dee Why, Sydney. [8] The company further diversified in 1960, opening it first purpose-built supermarket at Warrawong, [9] purchasing the Rockmans chain of women's clothing stores [10] and commencing selling liquor at some outlets.
The early popularity of these stores led to Woolworths establishing hypermarkets around Australia using the Woolworths Family Centre name. However the concept failed to perform, and the hypermarkets were re-established as separated Woolworths supermarkets and Big W discount department stores in the late 1970s to early 1980s.
Upscale women's athletic store started in 2012. Venator Group: North America Shoe Store Successor 1997–2001 Renamed from F. W. Woolworth Company Woolco: North America Discount store: Division 1962–1994 Became Walmart Canada: Worth Mart: North America Discount store: Division 1960s More down-market than Woolco 2 Entertain: Europe Home Video
Woolworth Canada was eventually renamed Venator Group Canada in 1998 and finally Foot Locker Canada in 2001. [45] Woolworths (United Kingdom) originally was the British unit of F.W. Woolworth, but operated independently as a separate company from 1982, running stores in the UK, Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey.
Australian Safeway Pty Ltd (trading as Safeway Supermarkets) was a chain of supermarkets in Australia from 1963 to 2017. The supermarkets were initially part of Safeway Inc. but were absorbed by Woolworths Limited (now Woolworths Group) in 1985. [ 1 ]
Woolworths Group (Australia), the largest retail company in Australia and New Zealand; named after the American F.W. Woolworth company, but unrelated; Woolworths Supermarkets, a chain of supermarkets in Australia owned by Woolworths Group Australia; Woolworths New Zealand, the New Zealand arm of Woolworths Group Australia
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