Coles Supermarkets [SEP] parent company
Coles Supermarkets
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, Melbourne by George Coles, Coles operates 807 supermarkets throughout Australia, including several now re-branded BI-LO Supermarkets. Coles has over 100,000 employees and, together with rival Woolworths, accounts for more than 80 per cent of the Australian market.
Coles Online is the company's online shopping ('click
Progressive Enterprises was established in 1949 by the Picot family.
- 1961: Progressive Enterprises became the parent company to Foodtown Supermarkets Limited.
- 1974: Albert Gubay opens the first 3Guys store. Progressive Enterprises purchased the chain in 1987, and rebranded or closed them throughout the 1990s with the store in Hillcrest, Hamilton being one of the last when it closed in January 1998.
- 1988: Progressive Enterprises became part of Australian business Coles Myer
- 1992: Coles Myer relaunched Progressive Enterprises onto the New Zealand stock