headquarters glen iris victoria australia number of locations 600 400 under the foodworks brand 1 key people rick wight 2 ceo tony pacella cfo products groceries & general products . parent australian united retailers limited aurl website http www.foodworks.com.au foodworks is the brand the australian independent retail supermarket group australian united retailers limited aurl trade under . the aurl was created in november 2004 from the merger of the foodworks supermarket group ltd fsg and australian united retailers aur . 3 its main competitors are woolworths coles bi lo iga and aldi . it is australia s second largest leading independent supermarket retailing group supporting in excess of 1.35 billion in annual sales at the retail level . retail groups that were part of the merger include aur foodstore foodworks buy rite cut price 727 rite way banana joe s food rite tuckerbag and food way . the aurl has currently over 600 supermarkets food and convenience stores spanning seven states territories nationally with over 400 of these operating under the foodworks brand . 4 foodworks has some similarities to iga the brand s closest competitor . they have similar ancestry both being created from independent retail stores merging to create supermarket groups . also both comprise multiple individual retailers originally trading under some of the same independent chains . in addition iga s main home brand is black and gold a generic food brand which also sells in foodworks stores across the country . 5 items are easily distinguished because of the gold yellow packaging with the black writing on the item . contents 1 farmer jacks foodworks 2 previous foodworks store trading names 3 references 4 external links farmer jacks foodworks edit farmer jacks foodworks operates foodworks stores in western australia . farmer jacks foodworks uses 3 trading names currently some stores are named farmer jacks foodworks & farmer jacks foodworks . previous foodworks store trading names edit australian united retailers ltd. foodworks foodstore buy rite cut price 727 foodworks 727 rite way food rite tuckerbag foodway qe foods references edit history of foodworks . retrieved 16 april 2012 . company overview of australian united retailers limited . retrieved 16 april 2012 . company overview . businessweek . retrieved 2009 03 05 . history . australian united retailers limited . retrieved 2011 08 11 . foodworks chooses ceva over metcash . transport & logistics news . retrieved 2009 03 05 . external links edit foodworks website v t e supermarkets in australia aldi bi lo coles costco food for less foodland foodworks friendly grocer harris farm markets iga lidl spar supabarn thomas dux woolworths retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title foodworks & oldid 731108541 categories supermarkets of australiacompanies established in 20042004 establishments in australia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 july 2016 at 01 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view