List of Woolworth divisions and namesakes

Divisions of the F. W. Woolworth Company

F. W. Woolworth Company

The F. W. Woolworth Company was a retail company that was one of the original American five-and-dime stores. The first successful Woolworth store was opened on July 18, 1879 by Frank Winfield Woolworth in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, as "Woolworth's Great Five Cent Store"...

, now known as Foot Locker

Foot Locker

Foot Locker, Inc. is an American sportswear and footwear retailer, with its headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and operating in approximately 20 countries worldwide. Formerly known as Venator Group, Inc., it is the successor corporation to the F.W. Woolworth Company , and many of...

. Namesakes in South African and Australia were legally named after the company based on the trademark laws of the period but never had any financial connection to the original.

Division	Region	Type	Relation	Period	Note
Café W	Africa	Restaurant	Namesake Division	2000s-Present
F. W. Woolworth Ireland F. W. Woolworth Ireland F. W. Woolworth Ireland was a retail chain, that operated in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.-History:The first F. W. Woolworth store in Ireland opened in 1914 on Grafton Street in Dublin...	Europe	Retail	Spin-Off	1914–1984	Former Irish division of F. W. Woolworth plc (later called Woolworths Group Woolworths Group Woolworths Group plc was a listed British company that owned the high-street retail chain, Woolworths, as well as other brands such as the entertainment distributor Entertainment UK and book and resource distributor Bertram Books... ).
Woolworths (South Africa) Woolworths (South Africa) Woolworths Holdings Limited is a South African chain of retail stores and one of the largest in the country, modeled on Marks & Spencer of the United Kingdom . This relationship with Britain's Marks and Spencer was formed after the Second World War, which led to the retailer buying all of the...	Africa	Department Department store A department store is a retail establishment which satisfies a wide range of the consumer's personal and residential durable goods product needs; and at the same time offering the consumer a choice of multiple merchandise lines, at variable price points, in all product categories...	Namesake	1931–Present	Named after Woolworth's F. W. Woolworth Company The F. W. Woolworth Company was a retail company that was one of the original American five-and-dime stores. The first successful Woolworth store was opened on July 18, 1879 by Frank Winfield Woolworth in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, as "Woolworth's Great Five Cent Store"... without any financial connection.
2 Entertain 2 Entertain 2 Entertain is a British video and music publisher, formed by the merger of BBC Video and Video Collection International in 2004....	Europe	Home Video Home video Home video is a blanket term used for pre-recorded media that is either sold or rented/hired for home cinema entertainment. The term originates from the VHS/Betamax era but has carried over into current optical disc formats like DVD and Blu-ray Disc and, to a lesser extent, into methods of digital...	Spin-Off Joint Venture Joint venture A joint venture is a business agreement in which parties agree to develop, for a finite time, a new entity and new assets by contributing equity. They exercise control over the enterprise and consequently share revenues, expenses and assets...	2004–Present	Partner with BBC BBC Worldwide BBC Worldwide Limited is the wholly owned commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in 1995. In the year to 31 March 2010 it made a profit of £145m on a turnover of £1.074bn. The company had made a profit of £106m...
B&Q B&Q B&Q plc is a multinational DIY and home improvement retailer headquartered in Eastleigh, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1969 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kingfisher plc, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange....	Europe	Home improvement Home improvement Home improvement, home renovation or remodeling is the process of renovating or making additions to one's home.-Types of home improvement:...	Spin-Off Spin-off (media) In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...	1969–Present	Stands for "Block & Quayle"
Bertram Books Bertram books Bertram Books is the UK’s leading book wholesaler having grown from a family business to a global organisation employing over of 400 staff. A division of Smiths News Plc, the UK’s largest news and magazine distributor, Bertrams is a three times winner of the British Book Award for Supply Chain...	Europe	Book Wholesaler	Spin-Off Division	1971–Present	Bought by Smiths News Smiths News Smiths News plc is a British newspaper and magazine distributor, based in Swindon, England. The company, previously known as 'WHSmith News' was created on 1 September 2006 from the demerger of WH Smith plc ....
Chad Valley Chad Valley Chad Valley is a long-established brand of toys in the United Kingdom owned by Home Retail Group. The company has its roots in a printing business established by Anthony Bunn Johnson in Birmingham in the early 19th century...	Europe	Toy Toy A toy is any object that can be used for play. Toys are associated commonly with children and pets. Playing with toys is often thought to be an enjoyable means of training the young for life in human society. Different materials are used to make toys enjoyable and cuddly to both young and old... Brand	Spin-Off Brand	1800s - Present	Now part of Home Retail Group
Embassy Records Embassy Records Embassy Records was originally a UK budget record label that produced cover versions of current hit songs that were sold exclusively in Woolworths shops at a cheaper price than the original recordings. As such, Embassy can be seen as the UK equivalent of U.S. labels such as Hit and Bell Records...	Europe	Record Label Record label In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...	Joint Venture Joint venture A joint venture is a business agreement in which parties agree to develop, for a finite time, a new entity and new assets by contributing equity. They exercise control over the enterprise and consequently share revenues, expenses and assets...	1954–1965	Partner with Oriole Records Oriole Records (UK) Oriole Records was the first British record label founded in 1925 by the London-based Levy Company, which owned a gramophone record subsidiary called Levaphone Records.-History:...
Entertainment UK Entertainment UK Entertainment UK Limited was a retail supply and distribution company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Woolworths Group plc. The company, along with Woolworths plc, entered administration with Deloitte & Touche on 28 November 2008...	Europe	Distributor Distribution (business) Product distribution is one of the four elements of the marketing mix. An organization or set of organizations involved in the process of making a product or service available for use or consumption by a consumer or business user.The other three parts of the marketing mix are product, pricing,...	Division	1988–Present	Renamed from Record Merchandisers Limited
Freedom Sportsline	Europe	Shoes	Successor Division	c. 2001–Present	British division does business as "Foot Locker"
Kingfisher plc Kingfisher plc Kingfisher plc is a multinational retailing company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the largest home improvement retailer in Europe and the third-largest in the world...	Europe	Successor Parent company Parent company A parent company is a company that owns enough voting stock in another firm to control management and operations by influencing or electing its board of directors; the second company being deemed as a subsidiary of the parent company...	Retailer	1982–Present	Became Woolworth Holdings but then spun it off in 2001.
Ladybird Ladybird (clothing) Ladybird is a brand of clothing for children aged 0–13 years. Having been purchased in January 2009 by Shop Direct from the administrators of former long time owner/retailer Woolworths Group, Ladybird is ranked third overall in the childrenswear market, with an increasing market share of 5%...	Europe	Division Brand	Children's Clothing	1938–Present	Now part of Shop Direct Group
Record Merchandisers Limited	Europe	Record Label Record label In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...	Division	1966–1988	Founded by EMI Records EMI Records EMI Records is the flagship record label founded by the EMI company in 1972 and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia label. The EMI label was launched worldwide...
Retail Company of Germany	Europe	Department Department store A department store is a retail establishment which satisfies a wide range of the consumer's personal and residential durable goods product needs; and at the same time offering the consumer a choice of multiple merchandise lines, at variable price points, in all product categories...	Division	1927–1998	German division that became Woolworth GmbH
Wellworths	Europe	Stationery Stationery Stationery has historically meant a wide gamut of materials: paper and office supplies, writing implements, greeting cards, glue, pencil case etc.-History of stationery:...	Spin-Off Successor	2009–Present
Woolworth GmbH Woolworth GmbH Deutsche Woolworth GmbH & Co. OHG is a Frankfurt, Germany based owner of the Woolworths chain of high street shops in Germany and Austria and a former subsidiary of the American F. W. Woolworth Company....	Europe	Department Department store A department store is a retail establishment which satisfies a wide range of the consumer's personal and residential durable goods product needs; and at the same time offering the consumer a choice of multiple merchandise lines, at variable price points, in all product categories...	Spin-Off	1998–Present	Formerly Retail Company of Germany, founded in 1927
Woolworths Group Woolworths Group Woolworths Group plc was a listed British company that owned the high-street retail chain, Woolworths, as well as other brands such as the entertainment distributor Entertainment UK and book and resource distributor Bertram Books...	Europe	Retail	Spin-Off	1909–2009	Former British division
Woolworths (Cyprus) Woolworths (Cyprus) F. W. Woolworth & Co Ltd was, until the end of 2003, the leading chain of upmarket department stores on the island of Cyprus with branches in all the major cities. The Cyprus company had its roots in the American parent F. W...	Europe	Department Department store A department store is a retail establishment which satisfies a wide range of the consumer's personal and residential durable goods product needs; and at the same time offering the consumer a choice of multiple merchandise lines, at variable price points, in all product categories...	Division Spin-Off	1950s - 2003	Now a Debenhams Debenhams Debenhams plc is a British retailer operating under a department store format in the UK, Ireland and Denmark, and franchise stores in other countries. The Company was founded in the eighteenth century as a single store in London and has now grown to around 160 shops... franchise
Woolworths (Cyprus) Properties	Europe	Retail Developer	Spin-Off Spin-Off	2005–Present
Woolworths.co.uk Woolworths.co.uk Woolworths.co.uk is an online retail company owned by Shop Direct Group, formed in 2009, after the demise of the high street Woolworths stores. The online store opened on 25 June 2009.- Stores in Britain :...	Europe	Online retailer	Spin-off successor	2009–Present	Now part of Shop Direct Group
Afterthoughts	North America	Accessories Fashion accessory Fashion accessories are decorative items that supplement and complement clothes, such as jewelery, gloves, handbags, hats, belts, scarves, wigs, watches, sunglasses, pins, stockings, bow ties, hand fans, leg warmers, leggings, neckties, suspenders, and tights....	Division	c. 1970s - 1999	Sold to Claire's Claire's Claire's is a retailer of accessories and jewelry to girls and young women. Claire's has over 3,000 locations worldwide: their stores are in 95% of all U.S. shopping malls, and in 33 countries... and rebranded as Icing chain.
The Bargain! Shop The Bargain! Shop The Bargain! Shop, also known as TB!S, is a discount variety store chain operating in all Anglophone provinces in Canada.The Bargain! Shop originated as a closeout store division of Woolworth Canada, developed out of some of the bankrupt assets of Bargain Harold's in 1991...	North America	Discount store Discount store A discount store is a type of department store, which sells products at prices lower than those asked by traditional retail outlets. Most discount department stores offer a wide assortment of goods; others specialize in such merchandise as jewelry, electronic equipment, or electrical appliances...	Spin-Off	1991–Present	Sold in 1999
Best of Times	North America	Watch Watch A watch is a small timepiece, typically worn either on the wrist or attached on a chain and carried in a pocket, with wristwatches being the most common type of watch used today. They evolved in the 17th century from spring powered clocks, which appeared in the 15th century. The first watches were... store	Division	1990s
CCS	North America	Skateboard Skateboard A skateboard is typically a specially designed plywood board combined with a polyurethane coating used for making smoother slides and stronger durability, used primarily for the activity of skateboarding. The first skateboards to reach public notice came out of the surfing craze of the early 1960s,... s	Successor division	Present
Champs Sports Champs Sports Champs Sports, is the second-largest component retailer in the Foot Locker family of stores. Champs offers for sale footwear, apparel and sporting goods. The company sponsors the Champs Sports Bowl college football game...	North America	Sporting goods	Successor division	Present
Eastbay Eastbay Eastbay is a world supplier of athletic footwear, apparel and sports equipment. The company was established to meet the performance needs of local high school and college athletes within Central Wisconsin...	North America	Mail order Mail order Mail order is a term which describes the buying of goods or services by mail delivery. The buyer places an order for the desired products with the merchant through some remote method such as through a telephone call or web site. Then, the products are delivered to the customer...	Successor division	1980–Present
F. W. Woolworth Company F. W. Woolworth Company The F. W. Woolworth Company was a retail company that was one of the original American five-and-dime stores. The first successful Woolworth store was opened on July 18, 1879 by Frank Winfield Woolworth in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, as "Woolworth's Great Five Cent Store"...	North America	Five and dime Five and Dime Five and Dime is a cartoon short by Walter Lantz which features Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. It is the 74th Oswald short produced by Lantz and the 125th overall. It also is among the number of shorts that feature Oswald in his fully clothed appearance....	-	1878–1997	Subject of list.
Foot Locker Foot Locker Foot Locker, Inc. is an American sportswear and footwear retailer, with its headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and operating in approximately 20 countries worldwide. Formerly known as Venator Group, Inc., it is the successor corporation to the F.W. Woolworth Company , and many of...	North America	Shoe Store	Successor	2001–Present	Venator renamed
G.R. Kinney Company G.R. Kinney Company G.R. Kinney Company was an American manufacturer and retailer of shoes from 1894 until September 16, 1998. Its listing on the New York Stock Exchange, symbol KNN, began in March 1923. The shoe concern was started by...	North America	Shoe Store	Division	1894–1998	Purchased in 1963.
Going to the Game	North America	Sports memorabilia Sports memorabilia The term sports memorabilia usually refers to anything that can be directly connected to a sports event or personality. These items are generally gathered by the fans of the particular sport, athlete or team that the item signifies or by collectors who find value in the rarity time-value of these...	Division	1990s
J. Brannam	North America	Clothing	Division	1979 - c. 1997	Short for "Just Brand Names"
Kids Foot Locker	North America	Shoe Stores	Successor Division	c. 1990s - Present
Lady Foot Locker	North America	Shoe stores	Successor Division	c. 1990s - Present
Northern Elements	North America	Clothing stores	Division	1990s
Northern Getaway	North America	Clothing stores	Division	1990s
Northern Reflections	North America	Outerwear Outerwear -List of outerwear:* Jacket* Coat* Mittens* Cloaks* Hats* Poncho* Rain pants* Trousers* Scarves*Gloves... stores	Division	1990s - Present	Canadian chain
Northern Traditions	North America	Women's business wear	Division	1990s	Canadian chain
Red Grille	North America	Restaurant	Division	1960s - 1997	Cafeteria style restaurant.
San Francisco Music Box Company	North America	Music box stores	Division	1978–Present
Venator Group	North America	Shoe Store	Successor	1997–2001	Renamed from F. W. Woolworth Company
Woolco Woolco Woolco was an American-based discount retail chain. It was founded in 1962 in the city of Columbus, Ohio, by the F.W. Woolworth Company. It was a full-line discount department store unlike the five-and-dime Woolworth stores which operated at the time. At its peak, Woolco had hundreds of stores in...	North America	Discount store Discount store A discount store is a type of department store, which sells products at prices lower than those asked by traditional retail outlets. Most discount department stores offer a wide assortment of goods; others specialize in such merchandise as jewelry, electronic equipment, or electrical appliances...	Division	1962–1994	Became Walmart Canada
Woolworth Athletic Group	North America	Discount store Discount store A discount store is a type of department store, which sells products at prices lower than those asked by traditional retail outlets. Most discount department stores offer a wide assortment of goods; others specialize in such merchandise as jewelry, electronic equipment, or electrical appliances...	Division	1989–1997	Remained as Venator Group
Worth Mart	North America	Discount store Discount store A discount store is a type of department store, which sells products at prices lower than those asked by traditional retail outlets. Most discount department stores offer a wide assortment of goods; others specialize in such merchandise as jewelry, electronic equipment, or electrical appliances...	Division	1960s	More down market than Woolco.
Australian Leisure and Hospitality	Oceania	Hotel Chain	Namesake Division	1974–Present
Big W Big W Big W is one of the largest chain of discount department stores in Australia, with over 150 stores. It is a division of Woolworths Limited, the second largest retailer in Australia. Its main competitors are Kmart and Target, both owned by Wesfarmers....	Oceania	Discount	Namesake Division	1976–Present
BWS BWS BWS may mean:* BWS , an Australian liquor retailer, owned by Woolworths Limited* BWS Financial, an independent stock research firm* Barry Windsor-Smith, a British cartoonist, comics-author, and painter...	Oceania	Liquor Liquor store In the United States, Australia and Canada, a liquor store is a type of store that specializes in the sale of alcoholic beverages. In South Africa and Namibia these stores are generally called bottle stores....	Namesake Division	2001–Present	Stands for "Beer, Wine & Spirits"
Caltex Safeway	Oceania	Gas Station	Namesake Joint Venture Joint venture A joint venture is a business agreement in which parties agree to develop, for a finite time, a new entity and new assets by contributing equity. They exercise control over the enterprise and consequently share revenues, expenses and assets...	2003–Present	JV name only in Victoria Victoria (Australia) Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively.... .
Caltex Woolworths	Oceania	Gas Station	Namesake Joint Venture Joint venture A joint venture is a business agreement in which parties agree to develop, for a finite time, a new entity and new assets by contributing equity. They exercise control over the enterprise and consequently share revenues, expenses and assets...	2003–Present	Partner with Caltex Caltex Caltex is a petroleum brand name of Chevron Corporation used in more than 60 countries in the Asia-Pacific region, the Middle East, and southern Africa.-History:...
Countdown Countdown (supermarket) Countdown is a New Zealand full-service supermarket chain, owned by Woolworths Limited. Founded in 1981, Countdown is now the flagship brand of Progressive Enterprises, Woolworths' New Zealand supermarket subsidiary, with 133 supermarkets across New Zealand...	Oceania	Grocery Grocery store A grocery store is a store that retails food. A grocer, the owner of a grocery store, stocks different kinds of foods from assorted places and cultures, and sells these "groceries" to customers. Large grocery stores that stock products other than food, such as clothing or household items, are...	Namesake Division	1981–2005	Under Progressive Enterprises Progressive Enterprises Progressive Enterprises Limited is an Australian owned company operating in New Zealand, and a subsidiary of the Australian retail group Woolworths Limited....
Country Road Country Road Country Road is an upscale store located in Australia and New Zealand clothing retailer, with 68 free standing stores and 77 department store concessions. It is traded on the Australian Stock Exchange, with South African company Woolworths Holdings Limited owning 88%...	Oceania	Clothing Store	Namesake Division	1998–Present	Owned by Woolworths (South Africa) Woolworths (South Africa) Woolworths Holdings Limited is a South African chain of retail stores and one of the largest in the country, modeled on Marks & Spencer of the United Kingdom . This relationship with Britain's Marks and Spencer was formed after the Second World War, which led to the retailer buying all of the...
Dan Murphy's Dan Murphy's Dan Murphy's is an Australian big box liquor supermarket chain owned by Woolworths Limited, who also owns BWS, another liquor chain with smaller stores.-History:...	Oceania	Liquor	Namesake acquisition	1878–Present	Purchased 1998 by Woolworths Limited
Dick Smith	Oceania	Consumer electronics Consumer electronics Consumer electronics are electronic equipment intended for everyday use, most often in entertainment, communications and office productivity. Radio broadcasting in the early 20th century brought the first major consumer product, the broadcast receiver...	Namesake acquisition	1968–Present	Woolworth Limited bought from Dick Smith (entrepreneur) Dick Smith (entrepreneur) Dick Smith, AO is an Australian entrepreneur, businessman, aviator, and political activist. He is the founder of Dick Smith Electronics, Dick Smith Foods and Australian Geographic, and was selected as the 1986 Australian of the Year.-Electronics:In 1968, Dick Smith founded electronics retailer... in 1980.
Everyday Rewards Everyday Rewards (Australia) Everyday Rewards is an Australian loyalty program operated by Woolworths Ltd, operator of Woolworths supermarkets. Earned fuel saving offers are stored electronically on the Everyday Rewards card, thus eliminating the need for shoppers to retain paper coupons previously used for this purpose. Fuel...	Oceania	Loyalty program Loyalty program Loyalty programs are structured marketing efforts that reward, and therefore encourage, loyal buying behavior — behavior which is potentially beneficial to the firm....	Namesake division	2007–Present
Flemings Flemings (supermarkets) Flemings is a chain of supermarkets in Sydney, Australia. The chain is owned by Woolworths Limited and only two supermarkets still trade under the Flemings brand name. Internally they are known as Woolworths, feature the same marketing materials and carry the same home brand products. The remaining...	Oceania	Grocery Grocery store A grocery store is a store that retails food. A grocer, the owner of a grocery store, stocks different kinds of foods from assorted places and cultures, and sells these "groceries" to customers. Large grocery stores that stock products other than food, such as clothing or household items, are...	Namesake acquisition	1930–Present	Purchased by Woolworth Limited in 1960
Food For Less Food For Less Food For Less is an Australian discount supermarket chain owned by Woolworths Limited. It was originally established in Queensland, where a discount 'food barn' chain operating as "Jack the Slasher" was acquired by Woolworths in the early 1980s...	Oceania	Grocery Grocery store A grocery store is a store that retails food. A grocer, the owner of a grocery store, stocks different kinds of foods from assorted places and cultures, and sells these "groceries" to customers. Large grocery stores that stock products other than food, such as clothing or household items, are...	Namesake acquisition	c. 1980s - Present	Discount Australian division
Foodtown Foodtown \| area_served =\| key_people =\| industry = Retail\| products =\| services =\| market cap =\| revenue =\| operating_income =\| net_income =\| assets =\| equity =\| owner =...	Oceania	Grocery Grocery store A grocery store is a store that retails food. A grocer, the owner of a grocery store, stocks different kinds of foods from assorted places and cultures, and sells these "groceries" to customers. Large grocery stores that stock products other than food, such as clothing or household items, are...	Namesake division	1958–Present	Part of Progressive Enterprises.
Progressive Enterprises Progressive Enterprises Progressive Enterprises Limited is an Australian owned company operating in New Zealand, and a subsidiary of the Australian retail group Woolworths Limited....	Oceania	Grocery Grocery store A grocery store is a store that retails food. A grocer, the owner of a grocery store, stocks different kinds of foods from assorted places and cultures, and sells these "groceries" to customers. Large grocery stores that stock products other than food, such as clothing or household items, are...	Spin-off then acquisition	1949–Present	Now the New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... division of Woolworth Limited
Safeway Safeway (Australia) Safeway was the trading name used by Woolworths Limited until 2008 for its supermarkets in Victoria, Australia. Elsewhere in Australia the trading name is Woolworths. In August 2008, Woolworths announced the discontinuation of the Safeway name, and has since gradually rebranded Victorian stores as...	Oceania	Grocery Grocery store A grocery store is a store that retails food. A grocer, the owner of a grocery store, stocks different kinds of foods from assorted places and cultures, and sells these "groceries" to customers. Large grocery stores that stock products other than food, such as clothing or household items, are...	Namesake acquisition	1963–2008
Tandy Tandy (Australia) Tandy was an electronics retailer in Australia, owned by Woolworths Limited.-History:Tandy was originally founded in the United States in 1950 as Tandy Leather Company. In 1963, Tandy changed its business to electronics when it acquired control of RadioShack, a forty year old electronics business...	Oceania	Consumer electronics Consumer electronics Consumer electronics are electronic equipment intended for everyday use, most often in entertainment, communications and office productivity. Radio broadcasting in the early 20th century brought the first major consumer product, the broadcast receiver...	Namesake acquisition	1973–Present	Woolworth Limited purchased in 2001.
Thomas Dux Grocer Thomas Dux Grocer Thomas Dux is a chain of gourmet grocery stores launched by Woolworths in 2008..In May 2009, Woolworths announced the acquisition of up to nine store leases from Macro Wholefoods with the intention to rebadge the stores. The first of the rebadged stores opened in August 2009.-Current stores:-Future...	Oceania	Grocery Grocery store A grocery store is a store that retails food. A grocer, the owner of a grocery store, stocks different kinds of foods from assorted places and cultures, and sells these "groceries" to customers. Large grocery stores that stock products other than food, such as clothing or household items, are...	Namesake division	2008–Present	Upscale health oriented Health food store A health food store is a type of grocery store that primarily sells health food, organic foods, local produce, and often nutritional supplements... chain.
Woolworths @ Gull	Oceania	Gas station	Namesake Joint venture Joint venture A joint venture is a business agreement in which parties agree to develop, for a finite time, a new entity and new assets by contributing equity. They exercise control over the enterprise and consequently share revenues, expenses and assets...	2001–Present
Woolworths Limited Woolworths Limited Woolworths Limited is a major Australian company with extensive retail interest throughout Australia and New Zealand. It is the:* largest retail company in Australia and New Zealand by market capitalisation and sales...	Oceania	Retail company	Namesake	1924–Present	Named after Woolworth's F. W. Woolworth Company The F. W. Woolworth Company was a retail company that was one of the original American five-and-dime stores. The first successful Woolworth store was opened on July 18, 1879 by Frank Winfield Woolworth in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, as "Woolworth's Great Five Cent Store"... without any financial connection.
Woolworths (New Zealand)	Oceania	Grocery Grocery store A grocery store is a store that retails food. A grocer, the owner of a grocery store, stocks different kinds of foods from assorted places and cultures, and sells these "groceries" to customers. Large grocery stores that stock products other than food, such as clothing or household items, are...	Namesake Division	1929–Present	Part of Woolworths Limited Woolworths Limited Woolworths Limited is a major Australian company with extensive retail interest throughout Australia and New Zealand. It is the:* largest retail company in Australia and New Zealand by market capitalisation and sales...
Woolworths Petrol Woolworths Petrol Caltex Woolworths is a chain of petrol stores in Australia, owned by Caltex Australia and Woolworths Limited in a 50:50 joint venture. In Victoria, it trades as Caltex Safeway...	Oceania	Gas Station	Namesake Division	1996–2003	Replaced by Caltex joint venture.
Woolworths (supermarket)	Oceania	Grocery Grocery store A grocery store is a store that retails food. A grocer, the owner of a grocery store, stocks different kinds of foods from assorted places and cultures, and sells these "groceries" to customers. Large grocery stores that stock products other than food, such as clothing or household items, are...	Namesake division	1929–Present	Largest grocer in Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... .

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