36-447: (Redirected from Bi-Lo ) BI-LO was the name of several different supermarket chains around the world: Bi-Lo (Australia) BI-LO (United States) in the southeastern United States For the Bi-Lo franchise in the northeastern United States, see Penn Traffic See also [ edit ] Bilo (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
72-617: A Bi-Lo Discount Petrol site at Narrandera , New South Wales . In August of that year, all Newmart Supermarkets operated by Bi-Lo in Western Australia were transferred to the management of Coles Supermarkets. One Newmart Supermarket located in Bentley , Western Australia was rebadged as Coles, subsequently closing in September 2017. In 2003, Bi-Lo relaunched with the slogan "Why Pay More". In July 2006, Coles Myer CEO John Fletcher announced
108-590: A Coles Supermarket already existed in the same complex (for example, at Westfield Fountain Gate ). However, Northcote Shopping Centre have two Coles Supermarkets in their proximity which were former Bi-Lo sites, and they still operate to this day. Some stores, such as Bi-Lo Arkaba in South Australia, were originally Coles Supermarkets before being re-branded to Bi-Lo in the late 1990s. Some Bi-Lo stores were re-branded to Coles Supermarkets, despite Coles already existing in
144-543: A five-level office building, Garden City House, was also opened. After AMP shelved redevelopment plans in December 2020, it was announced that the Booragoon Civic Square Library, which sits next to Westfield Booragoon, would be demolished for redevelopment space of the centre. Almost a year later, on 9 November 2021, funding for a $ 500 million dollar redevelopment to the centre were found. On 28 November 2021,
180-525: A major regional shopping centre in the city of Perth , Western Australia. Westfield Booragoon is located at the corner of Marmion Street and Riseley Street in the southern suburb of Booragoon . 50% of the shopping complex is owned by Dexus with the remaining 50% owned by Scentre Group which owns and operates its properties under the Westfield name from which the company is derived. The centre has attracted up to 13 million average annual individual visits to
216-459: A market-style atmosphere. Bi-Lo purchased six Newmart supermarkets in 1996 for A$ 16 million. Newmart was a small independent discount chain in Perth , Western Australia with a similar format to Bi-Lo: discount groceries, bulk foods, extensive fresh produce, meat and delicatessen sections. Bi-Lo was unable to re-brand the stores since Foodland Associated Limited traded stores in Western Australia under
252-526: A strategy to progressively re-brand Bi-Lo, Kmart , First Choice Liquor , Liquorland and Theo's under the Coles banner. Bi-Lo supermarkets were to be re-branded as Coles supermarkets, with others changing to other Coles Group businesses. Coles planned to keep some Bi-Lo lines in its re-branded stores. Re-branding Bi-Lo stores began later in 2006 and had been expected to be completed by mid-2007. A small number of stores were to be re-branded Coles Discount Grocery where
288-544: A three-storey atrium at the eastern end of the complex in the fashion mall. Recent developments have made the shopping centre a greener place with more plants and more sustainable technology. A key Transperth bus station for the southern suburbs, the Booragoon Bus Station , is located at the corner of Riseley and Marmion Streets, and is the fourth bus station to have existed on the shopping centre premises. A number of mainline and feeder bus services operate from or via
324-738: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bi-Lo (Australia) Bi-Lo was an Australian supermarket chain owned by Wesfarmers . Once a chain of 180 outlets, Bi-Lo stores were progressively re-branded as Coles Supermarkets from 2006, or closed. On 30 June 2017, the final store in Shailer Park , Queensland closed. Bi-Lo was established by John, Peter and David Weeks in South Australia in 1979. The first stores opened at Stirling and Aldgate in South Australia's Adelaide Hills region after being converted from hardware outlets, followed by
360-709: The Bi-Lo name at the time. The Newmart chain grew to 18 stores by 2002, had its own website until 2006, and like Bi-Lo, launched the slogan "Extra Value for You" in 1999. Started in 1987 by Fred Fairthorne of Farmer Jack's fame, as an independent discount supermarket with three stores in Greenwood , Floreat and Kardinya by 1992 to the West Australian Independent Grocers buying group - which also included Farmer Jack's, Advantage . MAC's and Charlie Carter's - its home brand products were "Black & Gold". A further three stores were opened between 1992 and
396-464: The Newmart brand in 2003, selling five stores to Action Supermarkets ); all five Action supermarkets were later bought out and became Woolworths outlets. These stores were located at Noranda, Stirling Central, Booragoon, Clarkson and Collie. Coles Supermarket in Bentley , Western Australia still contained Newmart awnings, aisle signage and checkouts up until the store closed on 22 September 2017. The site
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#1732869861017432-480: The Newmart name was retained due to its strong brand identification and the existence of an unrelated chain of the same name. In 1998, Bi-Lo purchased three Northern Territory supermarkets in Darwin and Alice Springs . Bi-Lo/Newmart opened nine new stores and completed 23 refurbishments in 2000, and opened 26 more stores and completed 11 refurbishments in 2001. The last Newmart stores in Western Australia to open before
468-530: The acquisition of a third store at Murray Bridge . Coles Myer cited that by 1979, Bi-Lo was South Australia's cheapest grocer. Bi-Lo was a leader in adopting new technology and by 1983 operated product scanning systems in all stores, the first grocery chain store in Australia to complete scanning across all stores in the group. By 1987, Bi-Lo was operating 28 supermarkets in South Australia and generating one third of metropolitan Adelaide’s supermarket sales, when it
504-467: The centre generating an estimated turnover of over A$ 500 million annually. In 2011, it grossed a Moving Annual Turnover (MAT) of A$ 577.1 million, giving it the highest turnover of any centre in the state and the 13th highest in the country. Westfield Carousel has the 2nd highest MAT in the state. Garden City has been managed under AMP Shopping Centres since 1986; Scentre Group has managed it since December 2019. In 2021, AMP Limited sold their 50% part of
540-428: The centre to Dexus. Zara at Westfield Booragoon closed permanently late September 2021 to open at Karrinyup shopping centre as part of a major redevelopment of that centre. On 3 February 2023, it was reported that plans were once again changed, this time on a larger scale. The total cost being up to nearly $ 800 million, and size being boosted up to 114,620 square metres (1,233,800 sq ft), which would make it
576-456: The centre to Dexus. In the late 1960s, the planning department of the state government drew up a plan for several 'sub-regional' retail centres, which would form the commercial and economic focus of each 'node', and take the retail burden away from the CBD. Booragoon , in the southern suburbs, was chosen as one of the ideal locations. It was decided to be named 'Garden City' and construction work
612-978: The chain was absorbed into Coles Supermarkets were at Garden City , Booragoon (October 2000) and Ocean Keys , Clarkson (July 2001). Newmart Stores in Garden City, Collie , Stirling Central, Noranda and Ocean Keys became an Action Supermarkets outlet at the same time, then became a Woolworths outlet. In 2002, Bi-Lo acquired and converted 15 Franklins sites, in New South Wales (Warilla Grove, Campbelltown - now Coles, Hillsdale - closed 2003, Mount Druitt - closed 2005, Shellharbour , Lavington , Thirroul ), Queensland ( Kawana , Capalaba - Closed 2007 reopened as Coles 2008, Hope Island , Loganholme ), Victoria ( Southland , Waverley Gardens - closed 2004, Lalor , Broadmeadows ) and South Australia ( Unley - closed 2005). Around 820 former Franklins employees were offered positions at Bi-Lo. Bi-Lo also opened 7 stores and
648-541: The end of December 2014, that number had decreased to seven stores. As at March 2016 with the closure of Warwick and Alderley (both later reopened as Coles) in Queensland and as of April 2016 Coles take over of the Lisarow store in New South Wales left only one store remaining at Shailer Park , Queensland . This store closed on 30 June 2017, ending the Bi-Lo brand after 38 years in operation. The tag-line "Extra Value for You"
684-461: The largest shopping centre in Western Australia. Plans were approved the following week. Following the finalisation of a transaction which gave AMP Capital 100% ownership of the centre, AMP announced on 25 October 2012 that it was planning to invest up to $ 400 million to upgrade Garden City. The centre is proposed to increase from its current approximate 72,000 m (780,000 sq ft) to 120,000 m (1,300,000 sq ft), making it
720-472: The largest shopping centre in Western Australia. The redevelopment would result in a new David Jones, an additional supermarket, an additional discount department store, a new fresh food precinct and an outdoor dining area. Retail in the centre will remain largely single-level. Works on the redevelopment were expected to commence in early 2017 and take over 18 months to complete. However, plans were cancelled before anything took off. AMP Capital gained approval for
756-487: The main shopping complex has a floor space of over 72,000 square metres (780,000 sq ft). The entire centre is situated on approximately 300,000 square metres (3,200,000 sq ft) of land. The main shopping complex consists of a long main mall with several wings and side malls. Coles and Woolworths are the two principal supermarkets, while the anchor department stores include Myer , David Jones and discount department store K-Mart . In addition to shopping
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#1732869861017792-427: The new $ 750 million redevelopment for Garden City. Once completed, the centre would have been Perth's largest shopping centre with AMP Capital forecasting the Garden City trade area to grow from 480,000 m (5,200,000 sq ft) to 555,000 m (5,970,000 sq ft) by 2026. However, after several delays and an eventual halt on planning and construction work, the plans were considered 'dead'. Later in
828-406: The original centre consisted of three anchor tenants connected by covered malls to a central atrium. To the north was a three-level David Jones department store (now Myer), to the south was a two-level Boans store with provision for addition of a third level (now David Jones) and to the west a single level Coles variety store. The connecting malls were lined with specialty shops. On the south-west side
864-424: The proposed plans were publicly released, growing the centre to 109,375 square metres (1,177,300 sq ft) of retail space and making it the third largest shopping centre in Western Australia. The redevelopment was split into two stages and consisted of: Plans were approved in late 2021, but received an extension to the end of 2023 to update the plans further. Along with this, AMP Capital sold its 50% share of
900-564: The remaining Bi-Lo stores. In 2009, Coles stated it would sell eight of the remaining Bi-Lo stores to rival chain Foodworks. Further stores were closed or marked for closure due to poor performance and small store size, including Armidale and Merimbula. At its peak, Bi-Lo had more than 180 stores and employed 13,600 people. By September 2009, only 60 stores remained, 39 stores in New South Wales. 19 stores in Queensland and 2 stores in Victoria At
936-399: The replacement of Bi-Lo's budget items with more expensive equivalents, and the removal of trademark budget meat packs. Reflecting on the failed conversion strategy later in 2007, Coles chief operating officer Mick McMahon stated "a strategy you can't execute is probably not the right strategy". In October 2008, Coles stated it was planning to create a discount supermarket chain to replace
972-509: The sale to Coles and its reincarnation into a Western Australian version of Coles' South Australian-based budget brand Bi-Lo in 1996, with the introduction of Bi-Lo branded products and the well-recognised Newmart tick logo rejigged to match Bi-Lo's yellow logo, among other things being refitted at Newmart to match Bi-Lo's national image, retaining its name in the process. In 2002, Coles assumed management of Newmart, immediately re-branding seven stores as Coles supermarkets, before discontinuing
1008-494: The same month, Scentre Group purchased 50% of the Garden City property for $ 575 million, which resulted in the centre being rebranded to Westfield Booragoon. With the purchase, Scentre Group decided to defer redevelopment plans for its other Westfield shopping centre, Westfield Innaloo , to continue plans to redevelop Westfield Booragoon. As part of the major redevelopment in 1999 and 2000, a significant number of new striking architectural and aesthetic features were added, including
1044-468: The same shopping centre (like Northcote Plaza and Ingle Farm Shopping Centre, where there are two Coles stores). However, Coles Group announced in March 2007 it was "pausing" the re-branding of Bi-Lo stores to Coles, following the poor results of the 129 stores re-branded thus far. Market analysts commented that the conversion program was unsuccessful due to Coles' transforming of stores in affluent areas first,
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1116-477: The station. Routes 114, 115 and 160 travel via Booragoon Bus Station en route to Perth City ( Elizabeth Quay bus station ), originating from Munster, Hamilton Hill Hall and Fremantle respectively. The 510 provides a direct connection to Murdoch Station via Fiona Stanley Hospital to Murdoch. The 501 services Booragoon Bus Station while en route to Fremantle and Bull Creek station . Westfield Booragoon has both undercover and rooftop open-air parking. At present,
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1152-457: Was acquired by Coles Myer , which also purchased the 34-store Shoeys discount supermarket chain in New South Wales (subsequently renamed as Bi-Lo). Bi-Lo later expanded into Queensland and Victoria . In December 1994, Bi-Lo opened its first Mega Frrresh store at Greenacres , South Australia , in response to its then chief competitor Franklins "Big Fresh" concept. In 1996, Bi-Lo acquired six Newmart supermarkets in Western Australia although
1188-452: Was then immediately refurbished to become a Spud Shed . The Woolworths store at Stirling Central Shopping Centre in Westminster , Western Australia still contained Newmart awnings, checkouts and security (loss prevention) buzzers on stands at the end of the checkouts until its refurbishment in 2018. Garden City (Booragoon) Westfield Booragoon (formerly known as Garden City ) is
1224-600: Was undertaken by Hooker Corporation which began in 1970. In December 1971, Lady Lloyd Jones placed a time-capsule in the ground. The centre was opened in 1972, and immediately became popular as the nexus of the Melville Civic Centre Complex, which had been established after the Melville Council Offices were built in 1968. The site was in the midst of sandy bush, not far from Applecross Senior High School and Wireless Hill Park . On opening in 1972,
1260-457: Was used between 1999 and 2003, which was replaced by "Why Pay More!" Between 2000 and 2005, TV cook Iain Hewitson was the face of Bi-Lo and Newmart supermarkets across Australia, with Bi-Lo sponsoring and supplying his cooking shows. In late 2005, a stylised Bi-Lo docket was adopted as Bi-Lo's mascot and its use replaced Hewitson. At this time, the tag-line "It's the total of the docket that counts!"
1296-554: Was used. In 2003, a campaign recording customer answers to "Why do you shop at Bi-Lo?" was used. In 2007 amid the Coles conversion, an election-style campaign also featured the stylised Bi-Lo Docket with the tag "Reduce the total of your docket!" Former slogans included "We Do, You Do" and "Cheap Groceries". In response to its main competitor Franklins launching "Franklins Big Fresh" in the early 1990s, Bi-Lo launched its Mega Frrresh brand at Greenacres , South Australia in 1994. Like Franklins Big Fresh, it combined discount shopping with
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