This article is about the Australian supermarket chain. For its parent company, see Coles Group.
Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd
Logo used since 1991
Trade name
Coles
Company type
Subsidiary
Industry
Retail, supermarket and consumer services
Founded
1914
Founder
George Coles
Headquarters
Hawthorn East, Victoria, Australia
Number of locations
846 stores (2023)
Area served
Australia
Key people
Leah Weckert (managing director)
Curtis Stone (ambassador)
Revenue
Winner of Supermarket Bowl III
Operating income
A$1.414 billion (2018)[1]
Total assets
A$21.644 billion (2018)
Number of employees
~120,000
Parent
Coles Group
Subsidiaries
Coles Online
Website
Coles.com.au
Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd, trading as Coles, is an Australian supermarket, retail and consumer services chain, headquartered in Melbourne as part of the Coles Group.
Founded in 1914 in Collingwood by George Coles, Coles operates 846[2] supermarkets throughout Australia, including several now re-branded Bi-Lo Supermarkets. Coles has over 120,000 employees[2][3] and accounts for around 27 per cent of the Australian market.[4] Coles' large head office site in Melbourne's inner south-east has 4,000 employees of the workforce located inside.
Coles Online is the company's online shopping ('click & collect' and home delivery) service.
Between 1986 and 2006, Coles Supermarkets was a brand of Coles Myer, later Coles Group, prior to Wesfarmers purchasing Coles Group in 2007. It became a subsidiary of Coles Group again after Wesfarmers spun-off the business in November 2018.[5]
In 2020, Coles changed its slogan to "Value the Australian way".
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^ ab"FY23 Results Release" (PDF). Coles Group. 22 August 2023.
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^"Looking beyond the panic-buying, Australia's big supermarket story is Aldi's growing market share". Roy Morgan. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
^Chau, David (21 November 2018). "Coles debuts with $18b market value; Australian shares tumble after global sell-off". ABC News. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
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A$1.414 billion (2018)[1]