foodland . iga foodland type subsidiary industry supermarkets founded 1962 founder hoeper family & various others headquarters flinders park south australia australia number of locations 116 2016 area served northern territory broken hill australia key people con sciacca ceo roger drake owner of drake s foodland joseph romeo romeo retail group products groceries food and drink owner independent families stores metcash brand name number of employees 4 000 parent metcash brand name stores independent slogan the mighty south aussies website http www.foodlandsa.com.au foodland is an australian supermarket brand with over one hundred and fifteen locations primarily in south australia but also in the northern territory . foodland is owned by iga australia . the stores are independently owned and operated although several operators own multiple stores . the largest groups are the drake group romeo family the chapley family and eudunda farmers group . 1 drake supermarkets own over 40 supermarkets . drake supermarkets are owned by roger drake . 2 romeo s retail group is the second largest owner with 20 plus supermarkets branded as foodland as well as others branded iga and supaiga . 3 contents 1 history 2 drake supermarkets 3 romeo retail group romeo family 4 references 5 external links history edit the first foodland store was run by the hoeper family at glenelg south established in 1871 the store became a foodland in 1962 the first store to do so the store has been expanded and modified over the years to become a small shopping centre and is now run by romeos retail group . foodland was founded in 1962 and had 32 38 original stores banding together that number has now grown to over 110 primarily across south australia and a few in the northern territory . in 1974 drake supermarkets was founded by roger drake some larger stores were called foodland supafresh until foodland decided to stop using the supafresh name citation needed in 2005 the foodland brand name was bought by metcash owned iga australian supermarket group . the stores are independently owned and reflect their individual owners and locations . 1 in april 2014 con sciacca was appointed foodland ceo he previously held several positions at metcash and was promoted to ceo of foodland after over 10 years of other positions in metcash including ceo of franklins . in 2015 2016 foodland introduced a new sub slogan great food lives here and a new ad that brought a new version of the mighty south aussies jingle . 4 while in late 2015 foodland also announced the creation of 22 new stores with over half to be completed by mid 2017 a quarter of all stores will also be upgraded and or enlarged thus creating jobs drake supermarkets edit drakes supermarkets industry retail founded 1974 headquarters torrensville south australia australia number of locations 40 key people roger drake ceo number of employees 4 000 slogan don t you be the one to miss out website www.drakes.com.au drakes supermarkets first store opened in 1974 at mitcham in south australia by roger drake and has since expanded to become south australia s largest independent supermarket chain 5 and the largest owner of foodland stores . the majority of drakes supermarkets are operated as foodland or iga brands . the drakes supermarkets slogan is don t you be the one to miss out romeo retail group romeo family edit the romeo retail group owns several foodland and iga stores and are the second largest owner of foodland stores . references edit a b lee nicholson 22 march 2016 . 10 minutes with ... con sciacca . indaily . retrieved 22 march 2016 . foodland sold to drake . the islander . 16 december 2005 . archived from the original on 30 april 2008 . retrieved 2008 03 02 . store locator . romeo s retail group . retrieved 5 march 2016 . ian lewis 30 november 2015 . foodland ready for battle . produceplus . melbourne market intelligence limited . retrieved 3 february 2016 . about . drakes supermarkets . retrieved 5 march 2016 . external links edit foodland sa official site drake foodmarkets own over 20 foodland supermarkets romeo s retail group own 20 foodland supermarkets commercial retail group chapley family adelaide s finest supermarkets 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 foodland south australia & oldid 740955656 categories supermarkets of australiahidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from september 2016 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 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