Woolworths Limited Company Description
Chow down under with Australia's #1 food retailer (ahead of Coles), Woolworths (aka "Woolies"). The firm operates more than 3,100 supermarkets and general merchandise and electronics stores in Australia and New Zealand. (Its 990-plus supermarkets and 1,100-plus liquor stores account for about 85% of sales.) In addition, Woolworths sells gasoline and leverages its distribution network to provide wholesale merchandise for third-party supermarkets. Woolworths' 150-plus general merchandise discount stores operate under the Big W name. It also runs about 435 consumer electronics shops under the Dick Smith Electronics, PowerHouse, and Tandy brand names. The retailer's Taverner Hotel Group operates some 275 hotels.
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