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Action (Formerly Action Food Barns) was the third largest supermarket chain in Australia. Based in Perth, Western Australia, Action had 80 Supermarkets across Western Australia, Queensland & New South Wales. Its generic brand range was called Basics and its corporate generic brand range was called Signature Range. Action's last slogan was "Action means a great deal". Previous slogans included "Packed Full of Great Shopping Ideas" & "Packed Full of Taste". Image File history File links Action_Supermarket. ...


Action served in excess of 750,000 customers every week and employed over 7,800 staff. Total supermarket trading area at the end of the November 2003 was approximately 159,000 square metres.


Action was originally a supermarket chain operating exclusively in Western Australia. FAL (the parent company of Action) was sold to rivals Metcash (owners of the IGA brand) & Woolworths in late 2005. In March 2006, Metcash announced that it will convert much of the remaining Action supermarkets into Supa IGA and IGA stores. All but 1 Store in Western Australia have converted to IGA or Supa IGA. This last store is located at Westfield Whitfords City in Hillarys, Western Australia. The Fusil Automatique Leger, or Light Automatic Rifle (LAR). ... IGA may stand for: Koji Igarashi, a video game producer Interactive genetic algorithm International Geothermal Association Independent Glass Association International Gothic Association International Gamers Award International Goat Association Irish Games Association Irish Geological Association ImmunoGlobulin A - see IgA nephritis which is a renal disease IGA (supermarkets) Independent Grocers Association or... F.W. Woolworth Company the original USA based chain of high street shops. ... IGA is a name used by many independent grocery stores throughout the world. ... Hillarys is a suburb located in Perth, Western Australia within the City of Joondalup. ...


Other Action locations include Coffs Harbour, on the northern New South Wales coast line.



 
 

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