Spudshed

{{Infobox company

| name = Spudshed

| logo = Spud Shed logo.png

| logo_size = 180px

| logo_alt = Spudshed logo

| logo_caption =

| image = Spudshed, Thornlie.jpg

| image_size =

| image_alt =

| image_caption = Spudshed store in Thornlie

| type = Private

| founded = {{start date|df=yes|1998}} in Baldivis, Western Australia

| founder = Tony and Vince Galati

| hq_location = 10 Clarke Street

| hq_location_city = O'Connor, Western Australia

| hq_location_country = Australia

| num_locations = 18 stores

| num_locations_year = 2025

| area_served = Western Australia

| key_people =

| industry = {{Unbulleted list|Agribusiness|Retail}}

| products = Fruit and vegetables, groceries, meat

| brands =

| services =

| revenue = $404 million

| revenue_year = 2020{{cite news |title=Virus sales rush sends Spudshed revenue soaring above 400m |first=Sean |last=Smith |date=2 November 2020 |website=West Australian |url=https://thewest.com.au/business/virus-sales-rush-sends-spudshed-revenue-soaring-above-400m-ng-b881710596z |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-07-14}}

| income_year =

| net_income = $7.6 million

| net_income_year = 2020

| num_employees = 1154 (estimated) (June 2020)

| website = {{official URL}}

}}

Spudshed is an independent supermarket chain in Western Australia.{{efn |Spud is a colloquial term for potato in English.}} The store was founded by Tony and Vince Galati, and forms part of the family-owned Galati Group.

{{As of |2025|06}}, the chain comprises a total of 18 stores across Western Australia.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-06 |title=Spudshed profit soars as punters hunt for better deals |url=https://thewest.com.au/business/retail/galati-empire-in-14-million-profit-as-punters-look-to-spudshed-for-better-deals-c-16656337 |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=The West Australian |language=en}} Its main competitors are Woolworths, Coles, Aldi and IGA. Spudshed differentiates itself by operating most stores 24 hours a day,{{cite news|url=http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/wa-potato-laws-embroiled-in-controversy-20120315-1v7ap.html|title=WA potato laws embroiled in controversy|website=Watoday.com.au|date=15 March 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/26004965/spud-giveaway-a-big-hit-with-customers/ |url-status=usurped |title=Spud giveaway proves big hit | publisher=West Australian |date=15 January 2015 |access-date=20 January 2015 |author1=Brown, Natalie |author2=Thompson, Brad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122004106/https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/26004965/spud-giveaway-a-big-hit-with-customers/ |archive-date=2015-01-22 |via=Yahoo}} and retailing low-cost produce grown on Galati family farms throughout the state.

History

The first Spudshed was opened in Baldivis in November 1998, originally as a farmers market in a shed on Galati's Baldivis property.

In September 2009, the Baldivis store burned down after an electrical fault started a fire.{{Cite web |last=Thomson |first=Chris |date=2009-09-17 |title=Hot potatoes as Spud Shed burns to ground |url=https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/hot-potatoes-as-spud-shed-burns-to-ground-20090917-fsml.html |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=WAtoday |language=en}} The store was subsequently rebuilt.{{Cite web |last=Morgan |first=Emily |date=2010-11-18 |title=Spud Shed's fresh challenge to the majors |url=https://www.businessnews.com.au/article/Spud-Shed-s-fresh-challenge-to-the-majors |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918165546/https://www.businessnews.com.au/article/Spud-Shed-s-fresh-challenge-to-the-majors |archive-date=2021-09-18 |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=Business News |language=en}}

Tony Galati became a household name in Western Australia for his protracted legal battles against the Potato Marketing Corporation of Western Australia (PMC). In 2015, the PMC launched legal action against Galati, alleging that he had planted more than his allocated quota of potatoes.{{Cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2015-04-08/potato-marketing-corporation-to-take-galati-to-court/6377808|title=The West Australian potato regulator to take Spud Shed owner Tony Galati to court over alleged breach of a commercial agreement|last=Fitzgerald|first=Bridget|date=2015|work=ABC News|access-date=2024-07-14}} Prohibited from selling excess potatoes due to legal quotas, Galati used free potato giveaways at his Spudshed stores to protest against what he considered to be unfair and excessive control by the board.{{Cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2015-01-27/potato-giveaway-sparks-spat/6048692 |title=Potato giveaway drives a wedge between growers |first=Bridget |last=Fitzgerald |date=27 January 2015 |website=ABC News |access-date=2024-07-14 }} Galati ultimately prevailed when the state government deregulated the industry, with the PMC becoming defunct in December 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2017-05-30/premier-defends-decision-to-drop-galati-suit/8573358|title=WA Premier defends decision to drop lawsuit against potato grower Tony Galati |first=Bridget |last=Fitzgerald |date=30 May 2017 |website=ABC News |access-date=2024-07-14}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.communitynews.com.au/wanneroo-times/news/spud-king-tony-galati-giving-away-free-potatoes-spud-shed-stores-across-perth-weekend/|title=Spud King Tony Galati giving away free potatoes at his Spud Shed stores across Perth all weekend |last=Blanchini|first=Justin|date=17 November 2017|work=Wanneroo Times |access-date=2024-07-14}}

In 2018, Spudshed reported profit growth of 76%, or $4 million.{{Cite news |last=Brammer |first=Jenne |date=2018-11-18 |title=Tony Galati's Spudshed empire grows profits by 76% to nearly $4m |url=https://thewest.com.au/business/tony-galatis-spudshed-empire-grows-profits-by-76-to-nearly-4m-ng-b881008863z |url-access=subscription |access-date=2020-09-16 |work=West Australian}} The battle between Tony Galati and the PMC was celebrated in a Fringe World musical in 2019, returning again in 2020.{{Cite web |year=2020 |title=Tony Galati the Musical |url=https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/tony-galati-the-musical-fw2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228094911/https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/tony-galati-the-musical-fw2020 |archive-date=2020-02-28 |website=Fringe World}}