| Foodland | |
| Type: | Brand |
| Founder: | Hoeper family & various others |
| Area Served: | South Australia Broken Hill[1] |
| Key People: | Franklin dos Santos (CEO) |
| Industry: | Supermarkets |
| Owner: | Metcash (brand name) Independent groups (stores) |
| Num Employees: | 7,000+ |
| Homepage: | http://www.foodlandsa.com.au/ |
| Foundation: | 1962 |
| Location City: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Location Country: | Australia |
| Locations: | 96 stores (2022) |
Foodland is an Australian supermarket chain in South Australia, founded in 1962 and has been operating for over 60 years.
Foodland has established itself as an well-known brand in the South Australian retail sector and directly employs over 7,000 staff and indirectly more than 1,500 South Australian staff. There were 96 stores covering South Australia and Broken Hill in 2023.
The stores are mostly operated by individuals and the stores reflect the owners and locations. The majority owner is Metcash.
The Hoeper family established a grocery store in 1871, at Glenelg South in Adelaide. In 1962, it became the first store to be branded Foodland.[2] It has been expanded and modified over the years to become a small shopping centre, and is now run by Romeo's Retail Group.
In 2005, the Foodland brand name was bought by Metcash-owned IGA. The stores are independently owned and reflect their individual owners and locations.[3]
In April 2014, Con Sciacca was appointed Foodland CEO, having previously held several positions at Metcash.[4] In July 2020, Franklin Dos Santos took over as CEO.
From 2015 to 2021, Foodland and their South Australian customers helped raise $82,935 for Minda Inc disability communities. Foodland supports local community groups and programs including the CFS, Foodbank, Cancer Council, Flinders Foundation, and Country Women's Association.
| Romeo's Retail Group | |
| Industry: | Retail |
| Foundation: | 1987 |
| Location City: | North Adelaide |
| Locations: | 39 |
| Key People: | Tony and Elisabeth Romeo (owners) and their sons Paul, Joseph and Antony |
| Location Country: | Australia |
Romeo's Retail Group owns (September 2019) 39 Foodland IGA stores in South Australia. A notable store is located in Adelaide city and in May 2023 they opened Romeo's Foodland Royal Park, anchoring the Hendon Central Shopping Centre.[5]
In New South Wales, the Romeo's Retail Group have a number of IGAs called Locali and "Food Hall".
Eudunda Farmers Ltd is a co-operative established at Eudunda in country South Australia in 1896.[6]
Eudunda Farmers currently own and operate 18 Foodland stores and three IGA stores throughout country, South Australia.
The Chapley brothers, John and Nick, own a large number of metropolitan Adelaide Foodland stores. Commercial Retail Group (CRG) runs two of the flagship stores, at Pasadena and Frewville. The latter won the "International Retailer of the Year excellence award" at the IGA Conference in the US in 2016. The Pasadena and Frewville stores trade as "Adelaide's Finest Supermarkets".[7]
Munno Para, Norwood, Henley Square, Saint Shopping and Sefton Plaza Foodland stores are run by the John Chapley Family. In 2024 Saints Foodland was awarded the World's Best Supermarket at the IGA International Retailer Awards in Las Vegas.[8]
The Carter family have long owned the Foodland in Naracoorte located in south east South Australia.
The Klose family runs a number of Foodland supermarkets in the Adelaide Hills, in Balhannah, Birdwood, Littlehampton, Lobethal, Nairne and Woodside.
The McLeod family run the Broken Hill Foodland store in Beryl Street.
The Rugless family, own and operator a well established Foodland Market Fresh in Brighton, South Australia, originally owned a chain of butcher shops before venturing into supermarkets. They have owned and operated 10 butcher stores.[9]
Balaklava Foodland which is run by the Smith family.
The Jamal Family run and operate Foodland Thebarton in the western suburbs of Adelaide.
Having a number of Foodland stores in the Adelaide metro area's and in the regional area's if South Australia.