IGA (Australian supermarket group)
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Retailer |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Headquarters | Canning Vale, Western Australia, Australia |
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Key people
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Steven Cain, Ian Morrice |
| Products | Groceries & General Products. |
| Parent | Metcash |
| Subsidiaries | Supa IGA IGA Supermarkets IGA X-press Progressive Supa IGA (WA) Foodland (SA) |
| Website | http://www.iga.com.au |
Independent Grocers of Australia (IGA) is an Australian chain of supermarkets. IGA itself is owned by Metcash, but individual IGA stores are independently owned. It is the local variant of the international American-based Independent Grocers Association. Its main competitors are Woolworths, Coles and Aldi.
IGA has over 5,000 stores in over 30 countries. IGA was brought to Australia by Davids Holdings in 1988 when 10 stores became members of IGA. There are over 1400 IGA stores in Australia.
In New South Wales (NSW), Queensland, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory, IGA has three retail formats:
In 2005 13 ACT IGA stores left the IGA group and were re-branded as "Shop-Rite", a former ACT independent brand that was re-branded IGA in 1992. Deliveries were sourced from Queensland, rather than Metcash in Blacktown. In 2006, these stores returned to IGAs and Metcash. One Shop-Rite remains in Belconnen.
IGA was launched in Queensland and northern New South Wales in 1998. There are now over 200 stores operating from Port Macquarie to Cooktown, and west to Mount Isa. After the takeover of FAL Foodland Associated Limited from Perth, Action Supermarkets across Queensland and NSW became Supa IGA stores.
On 1 July 2010, it was announced that all 85 Franklins stores (NSW) had been sold to Metcash for A$215 million, to become part of the IGA chain.
In South Australia, large IGA supermarkets are branded as Foodland rather than Supa IGA, following Metcash's acquisition of the Foodland brand in 2005. Small-to-medium supermarkets and convenience stores using the IGA brand also exist.
In Tasmania, IGA operates differently. The IGA brand is used by retailers belonging to the Tasmanian Independent Retailers cooperative. There is no formal trading relationship with IGA retailers in Tasmania and Metcash Limited, merely an agreement between Tasmanian Independent Retailers and Metcash for use of the IGA brand. As such, while sourcing some stock from IGA>D (the Metcash owned distribution company), members of Tasmanian Independent Retailers have been supplied for the most part by Statewide Independent Wholesalers, a company in which TIR members have a business interest. SIW also supplies Tasmanian Woolworths stores.
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