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IGA

Logo: IGA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Australian supermarket chain owned by Metcash

Independent Grocers of Australia is an Australian chain of supermarkets. The IGA brand is owned by Australian conglomerate Metcash under their Food & Grocery division, but individual IGA stores are owned and operated independently. Its main competitors are Aldi, Coles and Woolworths.2 It is part of Metcash Limited.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1988Founded1

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Independent Grocers of Australia is an Australian chain of supermarkets. The IGA brand is owned by Australian conglomerate Metcash under their Food & Grocery division, but individual IGA stores are owned and operated independently. Its main competitors are Aldi, Coles and Woolworths. IGA is the fourth largest supermarket chain in Australia, following Aldi overtaking Metcash in supermarket revenue.2

Corporate structure

IGA is part of a group headed by Metcash Limited. 4 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Metcash Limited Macquarie Park, Australia
    • IGA Canning Vale
    • Campbells Subsidiary · Australia
    • Metcash Trading Limited Subsidiary · Macquarie Park, Australia

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

In 1988, the IGA brand was introduced to Australia by Davids Holdings, when 10 stores became members of IGA. In 2019, IGA had 7% of the grocery market in Australia. In January 2020, there were over 1,400 IGA stores in Australia.

IGA stores are typically located in suburbs that are too small, remote or do not have existing larger stores. Some stores offer a larger selection of curated or artisan products, than the bigger chains.

In 2018, IGA began a rebrand to position the chain as a uniquely local option, scrapping the white colour and corrugated metal for dark grey, signwriting typography and handcrafted style icons. As part of the rebrand their slogan "How the locals like it" was changed to "Where the locals matter".

From Wikipedia’s article on IGA Supermarkets, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

Store formats

There are a wide variety of stores under the IGA banner, from small convenience stores, mid sized supermarkets, large full service supermarkets and liquor stores:

IGA Fine Food Market

IGA Local Grocer

IGA Supermarket

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IGA X-press

Supa Valu

Foodland IGA

Private label brands

IGA has two Metcash store brand lines. These brands are available at IGA and other Metcash supplied independent supermarkets.

Black & Gold

Black & Gold is a generic food and product brand.

Community Co.

Community Co. are higher quality products which links through with the IGA Community Chest program.

From Wikipedia’s article on IGA Supermarkets, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1988Founded Founded1

Sources

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