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| Formerly | Drakes Supa IGA, Drakes Foodland |
|---|---|
| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1974 |
| Founder | Roger Drake |
| Headquarters | Henley Beach Road, Torrensville, |
Number of locations | over 60 |
Key people | |
| Revenue | AU$1.1 billion (2019)[citation needed] |
Number of employees | 5,800+ |
| Website | www |
Drakes Supermarkets is a privately owned Australian independent retail chain based in South Australia.[1]
Named after Roger Drake who opened the first store in Mitcham, Adelaide in 1974, Drakes has since expanded to become one of Australia's largest independent supermarket chains, operating over 60 stores in South Australia and Queensland.[2] Drakes has an online shopping website which delivers groceries from eight stores in South Australia and one store in Queensland.[3] It also has an online store for corporate platters called "Drakes' Little Site of Platters. This was rebranded to Feed me by Drakes in 2021, feedme.drakes.com.au".[4]
Drakes also operates two newsagencies and five Cellarbrations liquor stores in South Australia.[5]
As of 2013 the company had an annual turnover of AUS $1 billion.[6] The company employs over 5,500 staff nationally and was the largest owner of Foodland stores[7] until it split from the brand in 2019.
- ^ Karen Baldwin, Chris Doudle (2005). State of Mind: The Success Secrets of 50 South Australian Entrepreneurs. Adelaide: Wakefield Press. pp. 54–58.
- ^ "Stores - Drakes Supermarkets". Drakes Supermarkets. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ "Drakes Online Shopping | Click & collect or delivered to your door". online.drakes.com.au. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ "Drakes Platters". Drakes Platters. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ "Company Overview of Drake Foodmarkets Pty Ltd". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ "$1 billion party for Drake's". News.com.au. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ "Foodland sold to Drake". The Islander. 16 December 2005. Archived from the original on 30 April 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2017.