Supermarket

Discount supermarket giant Aldi has beaten iconic Australian companies to be crowned the most trusted brand in the country.

Two outer-east supermarket sites have sold for more than $5 million above expectations in keenly contested auctions.

German supermarket powerhouse Kaufland has struck a fresh deal to expand into Queensland, with Bunnings landlord BWP Trust poised to sell it a site on the Gold Coast.

Coles is set to expand its store network once the supermarket giant demerges from parent Wesfarmers, citing the tailwind of population growth, which reached 1.6% nationally last year. 

Grocery giant Coles is expected to reap about $25 million through the sale of its new supermarket at Drysdale.

A Queensland developer is hoping a ground-floor supermarket will enhance the appeal of its latest inner Brisbane apartment project in West End. 

The new country manager for German supermarket Kaufland, Julia Kern, has arrived in Australia to spearhead the global ­retailer’s assault on the $90 billion grocery sector as she also pushes through a restructure of her senior management ranks.

A St Albans plumber has made a bucketload of cash buying and selling supermarkets.

Supermarket giant Woolworths has snapped up the Mordialloc Plaza complex in Melbourne from a Singaporean based family in a $41 million deal.