The Sypkes are a prominent business family from Tasmania, Australia. They came to prominence after they immigrated to Tasmania from the Netherlands, where Engel Sypkes went on to found the Purity supermarket chain in 1958. The chain was sold in 1981, at the time encompassing 16 stores.[1] The family presently owns, in addition to 50% of Shiploads,[2] the Sypkes group which consists of their real estate and investment holdings across Tasmania.[3]