date:Apr 10, 2013
d to increase for the three major supermarket chains, Coles, Woolworths and the Metcash group, with the latter distributing through the Independent Grocers of Australia (IGA) and the Australian Liquor Markets chain.
These three supermarket chains operated or serviced 3,996 grocery stores and 4,970 liquor outlets throughout Australia in 2011-12. During the same period, Aldi Australia, the fourth major supermarket chain, operated more than 200 stores in New South Wales (NSW), Queensland, Victoria