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Safeway and Safeway Liquor branding in use before being converted to Woolworths and BWS in May 2017 at Pacific Epping Shopping Centre in Epping, Victoria. Australian Safeway Pty Ltd (trading as Safeway Supermarkets) was a chain of supermarkets in Australia from 1963 to 2017.
In 1985, the acquisition of 126 Safeway supermarkets in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland (including Food Barn branded stores) made Woolworths the largest food retailer in Australia. [13] As part of the purchase of Safeway's Australian stores, Safeway Inc acquired a 20 percent interest in Woolworths Limited. [14]
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.
Australian Grocery Wholesalers (AGW) was established in October 2019 originally to supply Caltex (now Ampol) petrol stations and is now a national food wholesaler. PFD Food Services Pty Ltd (PFD) is a wholesale food distribution business that supplies and delivers an extensive range of fresh, frozen and dry goods to business customers across ...
Safeway Australia was sold to the Australian-based Woolworths Limited in 1985. Safeway sold its stores in Southern California, including those in established markets like Los Angeles and San Diego , to the Vons Companies in 1988 in exchange for a 30 percent interest in the company.
Food For Less was an Australian discount supermarket chain owned by Woolworths.It was established in Queensland, where a discount food barn chain operating as Jack the Slasher was acquired by Safeway and when Woolworths took over Safeway in 1990, the stores were positioned as low-cost locations that sold dry groceries and frozen perishables.
EG Australia is the Australian subsidiary of British company EG Group which operates the EG Ampol chain of petrol stations, selling Ampol (formerly Caltex Australia) fuel at its stations. As of October 2022 [update] , there are over 540 EG Ampol petrol stations.
The freestanding liquor division of Woolworths was distinguished from the Woolworths Supermarket Liquor and Safeway Liquor stores, in that it stood alone from Supermarkets. The first BWS was opened in Cabramatta , Sydney , the site of a Woolworths owned Mac's Liquor Store.