Bunnings Pty Ltd
Type	Public company
Founded	Western Australia, Australia in 1952
Headquarters	Melbourne, Australia
Industry	Retail/Trade Hardware
Revenue	$4.28 billion AUD (2006)
Operating income	$420.5 million AUD (2006)
Employees	24,000
Parent	Wesfarmers
Slogan	Lowest prices are just the beginning
Website	http://www.bunnings.com.au/

Bunnings Warehouse is the southern hemisphere's largest hardware chain store, with more than 249 stores all over Australia and New Zealand. Bunnings employs over 24,000 people and its revenue in the 2005 to 2006 financial year was approximately A$4.28 billion. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Slogan or Nickname: Wildflower State or the Golden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Ken Michael Premier Alan Carpenter (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 15  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $100,900 (4th)  - Product per capita  $50,355/person... Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... Look up revenue in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 2. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), also known as operating income and operating profit, is a term used to describe a companys earnings. ... ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 2. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about work. ... A holding company is a company that owns part, all, or a majority of other companies outstanding stock. ... Wesfarmers (ASX: WES) is one of Australia’s largest public companies, with its headquarters in Perth, Western Australia. ... Look up slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... southern hemisphere highlighted in yellow (Antarctica not depicted). ... For other uses, see Hardware (disambiguation). ... Chain stores are a range of retail outlets which share a brand and central management, usually with standardised business methods and practices. ... ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 2. ...

The chain is owned by Wesfarmers Limited, one of Western Australia's largest companies. Wesfarmers bought out Bunnings Limited in 1994. Wesfarmers also owns WA Salvage discount stores and HouseWorks in Western Australia, and in July 2007 announced it is purchasing Coles Group, with an intended completion date of October 2007. Wesfarmers is one of Australia’s largest public companies, and it is headquartered in Perth, Western Australia. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... Coles Group Limited (formerly Coles Myer Limited) is an Australian public company which operates numerous retail chains. ...

History

In 1886 brothers Arthur and Robert Bunning left London to settle in Perth, Western Australia, and soon got a government building contract, which led to them founding a group of building companies which later became 'Bunning Bros Pty Ltd'. They purchased their first sawmill the following year, and over the next few years they concentrated more on saw milling and timber distribution and less on building. The company expanded to include several new mills around Western Australia, and in 1952 Bunnings Limited became a Public company and expanded into retailing. In 1970 Bunnings bought the merchandising and saw milling operations of the Hawker Siddeley Group, in 1983 they bought out Millars (WA) Pty Ltd and in 1990 they bought out the Alco Handyman hardware operations. The Victorian and South Australian hardware stores McEwans, owned by James McEwans Ltd, were bought out by Bunnings in 1993. Many of the McEwans stores were closed shortly after, leaving only the best performers. Bunnings Limited was then bought out by Wesfarmers Limited in 1994. Year 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Location of Perth within Australia This article is about the metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia. ... Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Wesfarmers is one of Australia’s largest public companies, and it is headquartered in Perth, Western Australia. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ...

Between 1997 and 2000, Bunnings was the focal point for protest actions by The Wilderness Society^[1][2], in regard to their practise of clearing old growth forests^[3]. The Wilderness Society (TWS) is an Australian not-for-profit non-governmental environmental advocacy whose mission is protecting, promoting and restoring wilderness and its natural processes. ... Old growth forest, sometimes called ancient forest, virgin forest, primary forest or ancient woodland is an area of forest that has attained great age and exhibits unique biological features. ...

Bunnings Warehouse

On August 24, 1994 the first Bunnings Warehouse was opened in the Melbourne suburb of Sunshine, by Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett and Joe Boros, the Managing Director of Bunnings Building Supplies Pty Ltd, and was soon followed by openings of stores in Mentone, Nunawading and Altona, all suburbs of Melbourne. New Bunnings Warehouses have opened on average every three months since, many in Victoria and Western Australia, and a few in New South Wales, South Australia, the Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania and Queensland. Getting large enough blocks of land in Sydney and Brisbane was difficult and it slowed progress into those key areas. is the 236th day of the year (237th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... Sunshine (37°46′ S 144°49′ E) is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... List of Premiers of Victoria Before the 1890s there was no formal party system in Victoria. ... Jeffrey Gibb Kennett AC (born 25 July 1948), Australian politician, was the 43rd Premier of Victoria (6th October, 1992 to 20th October, 1999). ... Mentone is a bayside suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Nunawading is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... Altona is a south-western suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Slogan or Nickname: Wildflower State or the Golden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Ken Michael Premier Alan Carpenter (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 15  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $100,900 (4th)  - Product per capita  $50,355/person... “NSW” redirects here. ... Capital Adelaide Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Marjorie Jackson-Nelson Premier Mike Rann (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 11  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $59,819 (5th)  - Product per capita  $38,838/person (7th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  1,558,200 (5th)  - Density  1. ... Capital Canberra Government Constitutional monarchy Administrator none Chief Minister Jon Stanhope (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 2  - Senate seats 2 Gross Territorial Product (2006)  - Product ($m)  $19,167 (6th)  - Product per capita  $57,303/person (1st) Population (End of November 2006)  - Population  333,667 (7th)  - Density  137. ... Slogan or Nickname: The Apple Isle; Holiday Isle Motto(s): Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness) Other Australian states and territories Capital Hobart Government Constitutional monarchy Governor William Cox Premier Paul Lennon (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 5  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $16,114... Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State, Smart State Motto(s): Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Quentin Bryce Premier Anna Bligh (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 28  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $158,506 (3rd... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... For other uses, see Brisbane (disambiguation). ...

In 1997 the remaining McEwans stores were re-named Bunnings, which meant that there were two kinds of stores, Bunnings stores (smaller stores selling the basics for hardware needs only) and Bunnings Warehouses (large stores with a huge range of hardware items, and often garden supplies including plants). Gradually the smaller Bunnings stores have been closed to make way for large Bunnings Warehouses. For the band, see 1997 (band). ...

The Howard Smith Group, owner of Bunnings' major competition BBC Hardware and Hardwarehouse, was bought by Wesfarmers in August 2001, which gave Bunnings several dozen stores all around Australia, many of them large Hardwarehouse stores in sought-after Sydney and Brisbane, plus stores in New Zealand. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Hardwarehouse was a former large hardware chain, with stores all over Australia and New Zealand, and in competition with Bunnings Warehouse. ... Wesfarmers is one of Australia’s largest public companies, and it is headquartered in Perth, Western Australia. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...

Hardwarehouse was dominant in New South Wales and Queensland but Bunnings was the major hardware retailer in Victoria, which only had seven Hardwarehouses compared to Bunnings' twenty at the time of the buy-out.

The Hardwarehouse and BBC Hardware stores kept their name for a year, and the television advertisements had the names Bunnings Warehouse, Hardwarehouse and BBC Hardware next to each other. During this time the slowest stores were closed and in 2002 the remaining Hardwarehouses began to be re-named Bunnings Warehouse. At first it was done by removing the Hardwarehouse letters and strapping a green Bunnings Warehouse sign to the building on an angle. Later the signs were straightened, and gradually the white Hardwarehouses began to be painted green and were properly signed. Also see: 2002 (number). ...

Bunnings store in Blacktown, NSW- this is a former Hardwarehouse store and retains the iconic three columns topped by coloured balls of that chain.

That meant that there were Six kinds of Bunnings stores: Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 406 pixelsFull resolution (934 × 474 pixel, file size: 430 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I made and edited this digital image of the Bunnings (ex BBC) store at St Martins, Blacktown I, the creator of this work, hereby release it... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 406 pixelsFull resolution (934 × 474 pixel, file size: 430 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I made and edited this digital image of the Bunnings (ex BBC) store at St Martins, Blacktown I, the creator of this work, hereby release it... Blacktown is a suburb of Sydney. ...

• A Bunnings Warehouse (a large store made specifically to be a Bunnings Warehouse)
• A Bunning Store (a smaller format Bunnbing store, origionaly built as bunnings, with just the core products)
• An ex-Hardwarehouse store (a large store which is re-painted to be a Bunnings Warehouse, though it still has many of the original Hardwarehouse fittings)
• An ex-Alco Handyman store (a small store, some with the original Alco fittings)
• An ex-McEwans store (a small store, many of which still have original McEwans fittings)
• An ex-BBC Hardware store (a small store with the original BBC Hardware fittings).

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A Bunnings Store in Willetton, Perth, W.A.

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Acquisition remains a focus for Bunnings in line with this focus it purchased a Mitre 10 store in Griffith, New South Wales and Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory in 2004 and another Mitre 10 in Wodonga, Victoria in 2006. In July 2006 a Magnet Mart store in Griffith was acquired. All of these stores have been rebranded as Bunnings stores and integrated into the existing store network. Mitre 10 is a hardware store chain operating in the Pacific region. ... Griffith is a city in south-western New South Wales, Australia. ... Belconnen (postcode 2617) is a suburb in the Canberra district of Belconnen. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wodonga () is a small city on the Victorian side of the border with New South Wales, 300 kilometres north-east of Melbourne, Australia. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Magnet Mart is a company which operates large hardware stores around Canberra and southern New South Wales in Australia. ...

Each store is graded by size and all stores are meant to contain 'C' (core) grade products. Most of the ex-BBC Hardware and ex-McEwans stores are 'C' graded. Almost all the original Warehouses, stores in the country areas and many other Warehouses are also 'C' graded. Since their opening the stores have been getting bigger, and there are also 'S' (small) stores, 'M' (medium) stores and 'L' (large) stores, each containing a slightly larger range. The size of the store depends on the population of the area and the amount of space available. There have been many openings of increasingly larger stores and the stores that were regarded as big by customers in 1995 are now half the size of some of the new 'L' grade stores. Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ...

The largest Bunnings Warehouse store is in Vermont South, Victoria, which opened on 16 August 2005. Vermont South is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. ... is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

References

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External links

• Bunnings Warehouse home page
• Wesfarmers home page
• Bunnings Trade Home Page
• Bunnings Property Trust