BWS (liquor retailer)

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BWS
Endeavour Group
Websitewww.bws.com.au
Woolworths Supermarket with adjoining Woolworths Liquor at Leeton, New South Wales in 2008. The liquor store has since been rebranded to BWS as part of a nationwide rebranding.

Beer, Wine and Spirits (BWS) is an Australian retail chain of liquor stores owned by Endeavour Group.

History

BWS began operations in June 2001 as a local neighbourhood bottleshop. BWS was a brand of the

Cabramatta, Sydney
, the site of a Woolworths owned Mac's Liquor Store. The Safeway brand including Safeway Liquor was later also rebranded Woolworths and Woolworths Liquor respectively.

In 2012, Woolworths Liquor and BWS shared all promotions, prices and specials between the two brands.[

Earlwood, New South Wales
.

As of June 2014, BWS has over 1,200 stores Australia wide, a majority including the

ALH Group sites. They recently have been buying and converting independent liquor stores such as Darlinghurst Cellars along Oxford Street near Hyde Park, Sydney. BWS owns several beer brands including John Boston, Tun, Arc Valley and Sail & Anchor through Pinnacle Drinks.[3][4]

As of 2017, BWS has over 1,300 stores Australia wide.[5] As of April 2019, BWS has 1,355 stores Australian wide.

In 2019, Woolworths restructured its alcoholic drinks business to form Endeavour Group, including BWS. Endeavour Group demerged from Woolworths Group in June 2021.

References

  1. ^ "Annual Report 2013" (PDF). Woolworths Limited. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Company Results Half Year Ended 30 December 2012" (PDF). Woolworths Limited. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Home". pinnacleliquor.com.au.
  4. ^ "Alcohol Retail in Australia | Shop Ethical!". www.ethical.org.au. 3 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Townsville Bulletin". www.townsvillebulletin.com.au. Retrieved 16 October 2017.

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