FoodWorks

{{short description|Australian supermarket chain}}

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{{Infobox company

| name = FoodWorks

| logo = Foodworks Logo White-Orange-01.png

| image = Taroom FoodWorks June 2014.jpg

| image_caption = FoodWorks store in Taroom, Queensland

| type = Supermarket chain

| foundation = November 2004

| location_city = South Wharf, Victoria, Australia

| key_people = Rick Wight {{small|(CEO)}}{{cite web |title=Company Overview of Australian United Retailers Limited |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=23824805 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119002237/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=23824805 |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 January 2013 |access-date=16 April 2012}}

| industry = Retail

| locations = 500+ stores (200+ under the FoodWorks brand){{cite web | url=https://www.aur.com.au/about/who-is-aur | title=Who is AUR? }}

| num_locations_year = 2023

| products = Groceries & General Products

| parent = Australian United Retailers

| revenue = $149 million

| revenue_year = 2022

| operating_income =

| income_year =

| net_income = $3 million

| net_income_year = 2022

| website = {{URL|foodworks.com.au}}

}}

FoodWorks is an Australian supermarket chain run by independent retail group Australian United Retailers (AUR). AUR was created in November 2004 from the merger of the FoodWorks Supermarket Group and Australian United Retailers (AUR).{{cite web |title=Company Overview |publisher=BusinessWeek| url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=23824800 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219111534/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=23824800 | url-status=dead | archive-date=19 February 2012 |access-date=5 March 2009}} It is Australia's second largest leading independent supermarket retailing group, supporting in excess of A$1.35 billion in annual sales at the retail level. Its main competitors are Woolworths, Coles, IGA and Aldi.

Retail groups that were part of the merger included AUR, Foodstore, FoodWorks, Buy Rite, Cut Price, 727, Rite-Way, Banana Joe's, Food-Rite, Tuckerbag and Food-Way.

The AUR currently has over 600 supermarkets, grocery stores and convenience stores. The stores span seven states and territories with over 400 of them operating under the FoodWorks brand.{{cite web |title=History |publisher=Australian United Retailers Limited |url=http://www.foodworks.com.au/about |accessdate=11 August 2011}}

FoodWorks has some similarities to IGA, the brand's closest competitor. They have similar ancestry, both being created from independent retail stores merging to create supermarket groups. Also, both comprise multiple individual retailers originally trading under some of the same independent chains.

In addition, IGA's main home brand is Black and Gold, a generic food brand which also sells in FoodWorks stores across the country.{{cite web |title=FoodWorks chooses CEVA over Metcash |publisher=Transport & Logistics News |url=http://www.tandlnews.com.au/2008/10/09/article/PCATAGIDPG.html |accessdate=5 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100317184853/http://www.tandlnews.com.au/2008/10/09/article/PCATAGIDPG.html |archive-date=17 March 2010 |url-status=dead }} FoodWorks have a number of their own generic brands.{{citation needed |date=November 2021}}