Foodland (South Australia)
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| Company type | Brand |
|---|---|
| Industry | Supermarkets |
| Founded | 1962 |
| Founder | Hoeper family & various others |
| Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 96 stores (2022) |
Area served | South Australia Broken Hill[1] |
Key people | Franklin dos Santos (CEO) |
| Owner | Metcash (brand name) Independent groups (stores) |
Number of employees | 7,000+ |
| Website | http://www.foodlandsa.com.au/ |
Foodland is an Australian supermarket chain in South Australia.
The supermarket was founded in 1962 and has been operating for over 60 years.
With 96 stores covering South Australia and Broken Hill, Foodland has established itself as an well-known brand in the South Australian retail sector and directly employs over 7,000 staff and indirectly more than 1,500 South Australian staff.
The stores are mostly operated by multiple operators with Metcash ( the owners of national supermarket chain IGA ) owning the majority.
History[edit]
The Hoeper family established a grocery store in 1871, at Glenelg South in Adelaide. In 1962, it became the first store to be branded Foodland.[2] It has been expanded and modified over the years to become a small shopping centre, and is now run by Romeo's Retail Group.
In 2005, the Foodland brand name was bought by Metcash-owned IGA. The stores are independently owned and reflect their individual owners and locations.[3]
In April 2014, Con Sciacca was appointed Foodland CEO, having previously held several positions at Metcash.[4] In July 2020, Franklin Dos Santos took over as CEO.
From 2015 to 2021, Foodland and their South Australian customers helped raise $82,935 for Minda Inc disability communities.
Foodland continues to support local community groups and programs including the CFS, Foodbank, Cancer Council, Flinders Foundation, and Country Women's Association.
Foodland is also a large sponsor of the Adelaide Football Club, Adelaide Fringe, WOMADelaide, Adelaide Festival, South Australia Living Artists Festival (SALA), CheeseFest, and The Royal Adelaide Show.
Major operators[edit]
Romeo's Retail Group[edit]
| Industry | Retail |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1987 |
| Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 39 |
Key people | Tony and Elisabeth Romeo (owners) and their sons Paul, Joseph and Antony |
| Website | www |
Romeo's Retail Group owns (September 2019) 39 Foodland IGA stores in South Australia. A notable store is located in and off Rundle Mall in the Adelaide city and in May 2023 they opened Romeo's Foodland Royal Park, anchoring the Hendon Central Shopping Centre on Tapleys Hill Road.[5]
In New South Wales, the Romeo's Retail Group have a number of IGAs called Locali and "Food Hall".
Eudunda Farmers Limited[edit]
Eudunda Farmers Ltd is a co-operative established at Eudunda in country South Australia in 1896.[6]
Eudunda Farmers currently own and operate 18 Foodland and three IGA stores throughout country, South Australia.
Chapley Family (Brothers)[edit]
The Chapley brothers, John and Nick, own a large number of metropolitan Adelaide Foodland stores. Commercial Retail Group (CRG) runs two of the flagship stores, at Pasadena and Frewville. The latter won the "International Retailer of the Year excellence award" at the IGA Conference in the US in 2016. The Pasadena and Frewville stores trade as "Adelaide's Finest Supermarkets".[7]
Munno Para, Norwood, Henley Square, Saint Shopping and Sefton Plaza Foodland stores are run by the John Chapley Family. In 2024 Saints Foodland was awarded the World's Best Supermarket at the IGA International Retailer Awards in Las Vegas.[8]
Carter's Retail[edit]
The Carter family have long owned the Foodland in Naracoorte located in south east South Australia.
Klose Family[edit]
The Klose family runs a number of Foodland supermarkets in the Adelaide Hills, in Balhannah, Birdwood, Littlehampton, Lobethal, Nairne and Woodside.
Since the Klose family opened their doors in 1902. The Klose family have supported local farmers, growers and makers by buying local – from seasonal produce to smallgoods, chutneys to cheese, bacon to biscuits and jam to wine products.
The Klose family contributes and donates to a number of Country Fire Service stations in the Adelaide Hills.
McLeod Family[edit]
The McLeod family run the Broken Hill Foodland store in Beryl Street.
Rugless Family[edit]
The Rugless family, own and operator a well established Foodland Market Fresh in Brighton, South Australia, originally owned a chain of butcher shops before venturing into supermarkets. They have owned and operated 10 butcher stores.[9]
Smith Family[edit]
Balaklava Foodland which is run by the Smith family.
Jamal Family[edit]
The Jamal Family run and operate Foodland Thebarton in the western suburbs of Adelaide.
SA Supermart Family Group[edit]
Having a number of Foodland stores in the Adelaide metro area's and in the regional area's if South Australia.
Violi & Co Supermarkets (Brothers)[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Foodland online".[permanent dead link]
- ^ Bowden, Tom (3 June 2012). "Memories of the first Foodland". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ Lee Nicholson (22 March 2016). "10 minutes with... Con Sciacca". InDaily. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ "Franklin Dos Santos, CEO of Foodland". The CEO Magazine. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ "Store Locator". Romeo's Retail Group. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- ^ Bloomberg. "Eudunda Farmers Ltd company profile". Bloomberg News.
- ^ "SA supermarket named best in the world". www.adelaidenow.com.au. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ cite web|url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/saints-foodland-names-worlds-best-supermarket-iga-awards-of-excellence/690651fe-a341-42fb-8497-27d451120c58
- ^ "About | Brighton Foodland". Retrieved 15 January 2019.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Romeo's Retail Group
- Commercial Retail Group - Adelaide's Finest Supermarkets