Ritchies

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Ritchies Stores
Company typePrivate company
IndustryRetail
Founded1870
Headquarters,
Number of locations
76 [1]
Key people
Fred Harrison, CEO [2]
Number of employees
6500
Websitewww.ritchies.com.au

Ritchies is a large supermarket chain in Australia. The chain is owned by a group of private investors. Metcash is a part of that group. The chain is also known as "Ritchies Supa IGA". Most Ritchies stores are in Victoria. Ritchies earns about $1.4b each year.

In recent years, Ritchies has grown a large amount. In 2000, there were less than 20 Ritchies stores. Ritchies is now on the top 20 Australian retailers list. Other companies on this list include large companies such as Kmart, Myer and Wesfarmers Bunnings.[1]


References[change | change source]

  1. "Australia's Top 20 retailer rankings". Inside Retailing online. 9 June 2009. Archived from the original on 20 June 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2010.

Other websites[change | change source]

Official Ritchies Web Site