Key Statistics

Key Statistics  -  Australian Grocery Industry

All data sourced from The economic contribution of small to medium-sized grocery retailers to the Australian Economy, PricewaterhouseCoopers, June 2007.
Household expenditure: Grocery expenditure accounts for about 17.1 per cent of average total household expenditure

Supermarket and grocery turnover: About 29 per cent of retail turnover – the largest component and consistently growing over the past 20 years.

Food and beverage manufacturing: Accounts for 21 per cent of total Australian manufacturing.

Food wholesaling: Represents 16 per cent of total Australian wholesale trade.

Supermarket and grocery revenues, year to January 2007: AU$63 billion.

Total grocery revenues (including via non-traditional routes): AU$74 billion.

Total Woolworths and Coles grocery sales: AU$59 billion

Grocery market share held by Woolworths and Coles: 79 per cent

Number of grocery stores: 6,183.

Number of full-time equivalent employees: 253,100 (total retail trade 1.15 million).

Number of people employed: 397 198 (total retail trade 1.5 million)

Number of full-time equivalent employees (supermarket chains): 108,833 (43 per cent)

Percentage of retail trade businesses represented by small enterprises: 96.8 per cent

Number of full-time equivalent employees (independent sector): 144,267 (57 per cent)

Average FTEs per store (supermarket chains): 65

Average FTEs per store (independent sector): 32

Retail and food sector is largest sector of Australian economy: 5.5 per cent in 2006