store trading name spudshed fresh food markets native name vegie bandits pty ltd type private industry potato retail grocery farmers market founder tony galati area served western australia products fruit and vegetables brands spudshed owner tony galati website spudshed.com.au spud shed notes 1 is a western australian supermarket chain . its owner tony galati who is also a potato farmer uses promotions such as free potato giveaways to protest against what he considers to be unfair and excessive control by the potato marketing corporation of wa of the quantity varieties and price of potatoes grown and sold in western australia . most of their stores operate 24 hours a day and are among the only supermarkets in the state able to do so . 1 2 notes edit potatoes are colloquially known as spuds in australia references edit wa potato laws embroiled in controversy . 15 march 2012 . brown natalie ; thompson brad 15 january 2015 . spud giveaway proves big hit . the west australian . retrieved 20 january 2015 . external links edit official website this food and or confectionery corporation or company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title spud shed & oldid 723904909 categories supermarkets of australiaagriculture in western australiacompanies based in perth western australiagreengrocersfood company stubshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall stub articles 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 6 june 2016 at 00 14 . 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