Woolworths Limited is a retail company made up of a number of businesses that provide our customers with quality, range, value and everyday low prices. We’re built on a passion for retail, attention to detail, hard work, a commitment to ensuring the safety of our customers and our people, and supporting our local communities.

Our retailing expertise encompasses food and grocery, liquor, petrol, general merchandise, hotels and consumer electronics. Our Company is made up of some of the most recognisable and trusted brands in retailing, serving 23 million customers every week with great choice, low prices and excellent quality.

Since opening our first store in 1924, Woolworths has changed the face of Australian retailing. Starting with a single basement store in Pitt Street, Sydney, we have grown into a household name with a presence in almost every metropolitan and regional centre in Australia and New Zealand as well as operations in India, Shanghai and Hong Kong.

We have operated fresh food stores for more than 60 years since advances in refrigeration technology revolutionised transport and storage. In 1993 Woolworths Limited was offered to the public in what was, at the time, the largest share float in Australian history. We are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX Limited) under the code WOW.

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We operate 3,030 stores, petrol sites, support offices and Distribution Centres in Australia and New Zealand and operate hotels in Australia. We are involved in a consumer electronics retail joint venture with the TATA Group in India, Croma. The business venture with TATA in India now provides wholesale services to 22 retail stores operating under the “Croma” brand. We also operate buying offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai.

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