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Logo used until 2017. 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.
Countdown was an Australian-owned New Zealand full-service supermarket chain and subsidiary of Woolworths New Zealand, itself a subsidiary of Australia's Woolworths Group.It was one of two supermarket chains in New Zealand, the other being Foodstuffs.
Progressive Enterprises, the owner of Foodtown, Countdown, SuperValue and FreshChoice, made a bid to purchase Woolworths New Zealand in May 2001. [16] The merger application was cleared by the Commerce Commission but then withdrawn following court action by rival Foodstuffs .
Bunnings Group Limited, trading as Bunnings Warehouse or Bunnings, is an Australian hardware and garden centre chain. [2] The chain has been owned by Wesfarmers since 1994, and has stores in Australia and New Zealand. [3] Bunnings was founded in Perth, Western Australia in 1886, by brothers Arthur and Robert Bunning, who had
Masters Home Improvement was an Australian home improvement chain operated by two retailers; Woolworths [2] and Lowe's.It was established as a way for Woolworths to enter the hardware retail market, which has been historically dominated by Bunnings, owned by their competitor Wesfarmers.
The sale was completed for A$1.4 bn on 2 June 2006. [15] Coles Myer changed its name to "Coles Group Limited" in November 2006. [ 16 ] Coles Group Limited also changed its listed code on the Australian Securities Exchange from CML to CGJ, which references back to its first ever registered company name of G.J. Coles & Coy Proprietary Limited.
(Also included in sale to Anchorage Capital Partners) Foodtown – 20 full-service supermarkets, operating in Auckland, Hamilton, and Tauranga – all stores rebranding to Countdown by late 2012. Woolworths @ Gull – 22 Woolworths Quickstop and Woolworths Micro convenience supermarkets, operating in the North Island on Gull Petroleum fuel sites.
Gubay put the New Zealand arm of 3 Guys up for sale in 1984. [1] Progressive Enterprises bought the company in 1985. [6] Fourteen houses were demolished to build a New Plymouth store in 1992. [6] The Onehunga store, which included a New Zealand Post shop, [7] was redeveloped into Dress Smart in 1995. [8]