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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Australian discount supermarket chain}}<br />
{{about|the Australian supermarket chain|the American grocery chain|Food-4-Less}}<br />
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{{Infobox company<br />
| name = Food For Less<br />
| logo = Foodforless.svg<br />
| logo_size = <br />
| former_name = Jack the Slasher Supermarkets<br />
| type = [[Subsidiary]]<br />
| industry = [[Retail]]<br />
| founded = {{Start date and age|1980|df=yes}}<br />
| defunct = {{End date and age|2019|df=yes}}<br />
| hq_location_country = Australia<br />
| parent = [[Woolworths Group (Australia)|Woolworths Group]]<br />
| homepage = [http://www.woolworths.com.au/ www.woolworths.com.au]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Food For Less''' was an Australian discount supermarket chain owned by [[Woolworths Group (Australia)|Woolworths Group]]. <br />
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== History ==<br />
It was established in [[Queensland]], where a discount food barn chain operating as Jack the Slasher was acquired by [[Safeway]] and when Woolworths took over Safeway in 1990, the stores were positioned as low-cost locations that sold dry groceries and frozen perishables.<br />
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It later expanded into [[New South Wales]] and became the low-cost supermarket chain for Woolworths, competing with [[Franklins|Franklins No Frills]], [[Coles Group|Coles Myer's]] [[Bi-Lo (Australia)|Bi-Lo]] and [[Aldi]]. The chain expanded when Woolworths purchased the [[Franklins]] stores in New South Wales and Queensland, and converted them to the Food For Less brand.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theleader.com.au/story/5602294/photos-roselands-to-get-90-million-upgrade-of-fresh-food-marketplace/|title = Photos &#124; Roselands to get $90 million upgrade of fresh food marketplace|website=[[St George & Sutherland Shire Leader]]|date = 22 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dailymercury.com.au/news/doors-close-on-store-food-for-less/1262778/|title = Doors close on store|newspaper =[[The Courier-Mail]]|date = 6 February 2012}}</ref><br />
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In 2010 Woolworths began to shut down the brand. The stores were either converted into regular Woolworths stores or closed. By 2019 the shutdown was complete and no more Food For Less stores exist. The market niche that Food For Less operated in was also filled by Aldi, which started business in 2001 and had 565 stores in Australia by 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/the-sydney-suburb-with-a-secret-woolworths-hiding-in-plain-sight/news-story/442b9575daf779c0e3b509ffb6018e9b|title=The suburb with a secret Woolies|newspaper=[[News.com.au]]|date=3 May 2019|last1=Brook|first1=Benedict}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.portnews.com.au/story/5716984/vacant-food-for-less-building-to-go-by-the-end-of-the-year/|title = Vacant Food for Less building to go by the end of the year|date = 23 October 2018}}</ref><br />
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== Operations ==<br />
The store in [[Port Macquarie|Port Macquarie, NSW]] closed on 5 April 2012, with the building earmarked for demolition in 2017. [[Hurstville, New South Wales|Hurstville NSW]] closed its doors in November 2015. [[Maryborough, Queensland|Maryborough QLD]] closed its doors in November 2016. The store in [[Beresfield, New South Wales|Beresfield, NSW]] has since gone through a renewal and refurbishment and The Food for Less signs were taken down and current Woolworths signs put up in their place in 2018. The store at [[Roselands, New South Wales|Roselands NSW]] closed in August 2018.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Food-4-Less]]—US chain owned by [[Kroger]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Woolworths}}<br />
{{Supermarkets in Australia}}<br />
[[Category:Australian grocers]]<br />
[[Category:Defunct supermarkets of Australia]]<br />
[[Category:Woolworths Group (Australia)]]<br />
[[Category:1980 establishments in Australia]]<br />
[[Category:2019 disestablishments in Australia]]</div>imported>Onomatopoeia1