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A year earlier in September 2008, a Consumer magazine survey placed Countdown second in Auckland, with a basket of 15 private label items costing $38.24, $0.91 higher than fellow Progressive Enterprises' brand Woolworths (the Woolworths stores in question have since been rebrand as Countdown), and $1.87 lower than third-place Pak'n Save.
Woolworths has a range of generic or private label brands: Woolworths Essentials – A budget label covering everyday household products and groceries. Products within this range typically feature a red and white Woolworths logo on the top left corner on the front side of the packaging. [40] Woolworths Select – A premium range launched in ...
Woolworths did not generally follow the trend started in the 1980s of opening shops at out-of-town relocations. One of its few out-of-town shops opened at Dudley's Merry Hill Shopping Centre in 1989, but this closed within a few years due to disappointing trade. Woolworths became well known for its "pick 'n' mix" sweet selections.
The F. W. Woolworth Company (often referred to as Woolworth's or simply Woolworth) was a retail company and one of the pioneers of the five-and-dime store.It was among the most successful American and international five-and-dime businesses, setting trends and creating the modern retail model that stores follow worldwide today.
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.
In 2006, Woolworths announced that it had taken a 10 percent strategic stake in The Warehouse Group in New Zealand [30] and announced a joint venture with the Tata Group to introduce the Dick Smiths Electronics store format in India. [31] In August 2007, Woolworths announced that it was planning to launch a general purpose credit card in 2008. [32]
On 10 September 2024, thousands of union-affiliated Woolworths supermarket workers staged a nationwide strike to demand better wages and working conditions. [33] On 16 December, Woolworths signed a new collective bargaining agreement with First Union, giving union-affiliated employees a 6.8 percent pay rise over a two-year period. [34]
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