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Divisions and namesakes of the American F. W. Woolworth Company, and divisions of Woolworths Group (Australia).. Similar namesake companies in South Africa and Australia were legally named after the Woolworth company as permitted by the trademark laws of the period, but never had any financial connection to the original F. W. Woolworth Company.
Woolworths Variety – The name given to the company's traditional variety stores to differentiate them from the company's food-retailing interests, when the decision was made to use the original Woolworths name for the company's food stores and supermarkets instead of its variety stores. These variety stores were progressively divested as ...
Woolworths Group Limited is an Australian multinational retail and finance company, primarily known for the operation of its retail chain Woolworths Supermarkets across Australia, Woolworths (previously known as Countdown) in New Zealand and its discount department store Big W.
Prior to this, it purchased the defunct British and Irish Woolworths brands from The Very Group in July 2021. [2] [3] In January 2024, CEO Roman Heini told BBC News that it owned the rights to the 'Woolworth' and 'Woolworths' names throughout Europe, and that it is seeking European expansion. [4]
Woolworths Supermarkets (colloquially known as "Woolies") is an Australian chain of supermarkets and grocery stores owned by Woolworths Group. Founded in 1924, Woolworths is currently Australia's largest supermarket chain with a market share of 32.5% as of 2023.
As of 2023, this is a list of supermarket chains, past and present, which operate or have branches in more than one country, whether under the parent corporation's name or another name. For supermarkets that are only in one country, see the breakdown by continent at the bottom of this page.
See also Category:F. W. Woolworth Company for the unrelated American company and its European interests. Pages in category "Woolworths Group (Australia)" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total.
Shop-Rite – catalogue store operated by Hudson's Bay Company, 1970s-1982; Simpson's – acquired by the Hudson's Bay Company and closed 1991; name now owned by Sears Canada 2001–2008; now owned by 1373639 Alberta Ltd, a Sears Canada shell company; Simpsons-Sears Limited – name retired and renamed Sears Canada Inc.; 1952–1984