Supabarn Supermarkets

Supabarn Supermarkets
Privately Held
Industry Retail
Founded 1991
Headquarters Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Key people
  • Eric Koundouris AM (Managing Director)
  • Theo Koundouros (General Manager)
Products Food, drink and everyday items
Number of employees
 800+
Slogan Good Things are Growing
Website www.supabarn.com.au

Supabarn is a supermarket chain based in Canberra with shops across the Australian Capital Territory (Canberra) and New South Wales in Australia with its head office located in Braddon, Canberra. The chain has been in operation since 1994 and current turnover is $121m in 2007[1]

Stores

Store Year Opened Notes
Annandale 2012 Branded as Supabarn Express
Canberra City 1991 Original store located in City Markets. Relocated in 2006 within the Canberra Centre[2]
Casey 2016 3700sqm. Due to open May 2016.
Crace 2013
Five Dock 2002 First company-owned Sydney store. Part of a new development featuring commercial space and residential apartments.
Florey -- Independently owned (Franchised). Branded as Supabarn Express
Gymea 2008 Gymea has a trading space of 575sqm, and given that it is not a full-line supermarket, is branded as Supabarn Express.
Kaleen 2000 The Kaleen store has a trading space of 1850sqm
Kaleen -- Independently owned (Franchised). Branded as SupaExpress.
Richardson -- Independently owned (Franchised). Branded as Supabarn Express.
Sans Souci. 2014
Sutherland 2010 Complex was built by subsidiary of Harvey Norman's
Wanniassa 2003 Supabarn took over the Wanniassa IGA in March 2003. In 2006, it expanded and completely refurbished the store.
Watson -- Independently owned (Franchised). Branded as Supabarn Express.

Former Stores

Store Years Active Notes
Majura 2010-11 Branded as Supabarn Warehouse - used to store their most popular lines for distribution to stores, it was also open to the public. [3]
West Wyalong, NSW[4] Independently owned (franchised).
Karabar, NSW[5] Independently owned (franchised). In 2008, The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission blocked a bid by Woolworths to purchase Supabarn's Franchised store in Karabar, NSW.[6] This store had since been sold to another operator and rebranded as IGA.
Lake Cargelligo, NSW[7] Independently owned (franchised).
Kippax, ACT[8] As of 2016, a Woolworths store.
Chisholm ACT [9] As of 2016, a Coles stores.
Erindale, ACT[10] As of 2016, a Woolworths store.

Layout

Supabarn supermarkets operate in a similar fashion to that of main competitors Woolworths and Coles. Departments include Administration, Service, Liquor, Grocery, Variety, Produce, Deli, Seafood, Bakery and Perishables [11]

Expansion

Supabarn plans to open two further stores in Canberra in the suburbs of Kingston and Casey[12]

Supabarn Motorsports

Supabarn also has a motorsports team, who compete in various competitions, including the Carrera Cup[13]

Community involvement

In 2007, Supabarn was recognized for making over $1,000,000 in donations to their local community.[14]

Supabarn is currently a sponsor of the Canberra Raiders NRL Team[15]

Logos

1995-2012

Old Slogan: Bite Into Life

Other websites

References

  1. ↑ http://www.accc.gov.au/content/item.phtml?itemId=812780&nodeId=37bb38d59fb8989c3686070f03f97699&fn=035%20-%20Koundouris%20Group%20(5%20pages).pdf
  2. ↑ "Section 84’s City Supabarn opened". Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory. 8 December 2006. Retrieved 2008-01-07.
  3. ↑ Archived May 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20020810104858/http://www.supabarn.com.au/
  5. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20020810104858/http://www.supabarn.com.au/
  6. ↑ Speedy, Blair (26 June 2008). "Stock Quotes". The Australian.
  7. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20031028201300/http://www.supabarn.com.au/storeLocations/
  8. ↑ http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/126949317
  9. ↑ http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/126949317
  10. ↑ http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/126949317
  11. ↑ Supabarn
  12. ↑
  13. ↑ AUS: Supabarn Motorsports Queensland summary | News | Motorsport.com
  14. ↑ "SUPABARN NOTCHES UP $1M IN COMMUNITY SUPPORT". Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory. 21 November 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-07.
  15. ↑ http://www.raiders.com.au/2008/corporate/sponsors.php
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