Drakes Supermarkets

Drakes Supermarkets
Industry Retail
Founded 1974
Headquarters Torrensville, South Australia, Australia
Number of locations
 50+
Key people
 Roger Drake, CEO
Number of employees
 5,500+
Website www.drakes.com.au

Drakes Supermarkets is an Australian supermarket chain.

The 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, operating in over 50 stores in South Australia and Queensland. As of 2013 the company had an annual turnover of AUS $1 billion.[1] The company employs over 5,500 staff nationally[2] and is the largest owner of Foodland stores.[3]

The majority of Drakes Supermarkets operate as Foodland or IGA brands. From November 2017, Drake's Queensland SUPA IGA stores were rebranded as Drakes.[4]

In May 2018 Drakes Supermarkets announced the building of a new $80 million distribution centre in Adelaide's northern suburbs, ending its contract with grocery supplier Metcash in June 2019.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "$1 billion party for Drake's". news.com.au. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "About Drakes Supermarkets". Drakes Supermarkets. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
  3. ↑ "Foodland sold to Drake - Local - General - The Islander". 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
  4. ↑ "Catalogues | Drakes Supermarkets". static.metcdn.com. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
  5. ↑ Drakes Supermarkets. (2018). New Era for Drakes: $80M Distribution Centre Opening in SA! - Drakes Supermarkets. [online] Available at: http://www.drakes.com.au/new-era-drakes-80m-distribution-centre-opening-sa/ [Accessed 25 Jun. 2018].


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