What is IGA Australia?
{{Infobox Company | company_name =IGA (Independent Grocers of Australia) | company_logo = | company_type = Supermarket chain | foundation = 1988 | location = Australia, except [[Northern Territory|NT]] & [[Tasmania|TAS]] | key_people = Davids Holdings | industry = Retail | products = Groceries & General Products. | parent = Metcash Trading Limited | subsid = Friendly IGA<br>Supa IGA<br>IGA Stores<br>IGA X-press | homepage = http://www.iga.net.au }} '''Independent Grocers of Australia''' or ('''IGA''') for short, is the largest independent supermarket group in [[Australia]]. It is part of the [[Independent Grocers Association]] which has shops all over the world. Each ''IGA'' shop is run by the local shopkeeper unlike big companies such as [[Woolworths]] and [[Coles]] which runs all of their shops across the country. A company supplies all ''IGA'' shops around the country and controls the use of the ''IGA'' name but does not own every one of each shop. The independent shopkeepers and their shops claim to be ''Local Heroes''. There are over 1000 shops and three sub-brands. '''IGA''' in Australia also has the '''Black & Gold''' brand name product range which first came about in 1980, the first such brand name product range to enter the independent food shops that are now called ''IGA''. Now, it also has a premium brand name range also called ''IGA'' and a healthy range of products called ''IGA Way of Life''. ''Metcash Trading Limited'' is the company behind ''IGA'' and supplies the shops. ''Davids Holdings'', Metcash's old name, brought the ''IGA'' name to Australia in 1988 with just 10 shops. Now, it has grown from 10 shops to over 1000 shops in less than 20 years. The stores also have the Community Chest program, where they donate profits to local charities. ==Related pages== * [[Ritchies]], Australia's largest IGA chain == Other websites == * [http://www.iga.net.au IGA Australia Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907123639/http://www.iga.net.au/ |date=2008-09-07 }} [[Category:Super