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Spudshed
Company typePrivate
Industry
  • Agribusiness
  • Retail
Founded1998 (1998) in Baldivis, Western Australia
FounderTony and Vince Galati
Headquarters10 Clarke Street,
O'Connor, Western Australia
,
Australia
Number of locations
17
Area served
Western Australia
ProductsFruit and vegetables, groceries, meat
Revenue$404 million (2020[1])
$7.6 million (2020)
Number of employees
1154 (estimated) (June 2020)
Websitewww.spudshed.com.au Edit this at Wikidata

Spudshed is an independent supermarket chain in Western Australia.[a] The store was founded by Tony and Vince Galati, and forms part of the family-owned Galati Group.

As of November 2024, the chain comprises a total of 17 stores across Western Australia.[2] Its main competitors are Woolworths, Coles, Aldi and IGA. Spudshed differentiates itself by operating most stores 24 hours a day,[3][4] and retailing low-cost produce grown on Galati family farms throughout the state.

History

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The first Spudshed was opened in Baldivis in November 1998, originally as a farmers market in a shed on Galati's Baldivis property.

In September 2009, the Baldivis store burned down after an electrical fault started a fire.[5] The store was subsequently rebuilt.[6]

Tony Galati became a household name in Western Australia for his protracted legal battles against the Potato Marketing Corporation of Western Australia (PMC). In 2015, the PMC launched legal action against Galati, alleging that he had planted more than his allocated quota of potatoes.[7] Prohibited from selling excess potatoes due to legal quotas, Galati used free potato giveaways at his Spudshed stores to protest against what he considered to be unfair and excessive control by the board.[8] Galati ultimately prevailed when the state government deregulated the industry, with the PMC becoming defunct in December 2016.[9][10]

In 2018, Spudshed reported profit growth of 76%, or $4 million.[11] The battle between Tony Galati and the PMC was celebrated in a Fringe World musical in 2019, returning again in 2020.[12]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Spud is a colloquial term for potato in English.

References

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  1. ^ Smith, Sean (2 November 2020). "Virus sales rush sends Spudshed revenue soaring above 400m". West Australian. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Spudshed profit soars as punters hunt for better deals". The West Australian. 6 November 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  3. ^ "WA potato laws embroiled in controversy". Watoday.com.au. 15 March 2012.
  4. ^ Brown, Natalie; Thompson, Brad (15 January 2015). "Spud giveaway proves big hit". West Australian. Archived from the original on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015 – via Yahoo.
  5. ^ Thomson, Chris (17 September 2009). "Hot potatoes as Spud Shed burns to ground". WAtoday. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  6. ^ Morgan, Emily (18 November 2010). "Spud Shed's fresh challenge to the majors". Business News. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  7. ^ Fitzgerald, Bridget (2015). "The West Australian potato regulator to take Spud Shed owner Tony Galati to court over alleged breach of a commercial agreement". ABC News. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  8. ^ Fitzgerald, Bridget (27 January 2015). "Potato giveaway drives a wedge between growers". ABC News. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  9. ^ Fitzgerald, Bridget (30 May 2017). "WA Premier defends decision to drop lawsuit against potato grower Tony Galati". ABC News. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  10. ^ Blanchini, Justin (17 November 2017). "Spud King Tony Galati giving away free potatoes at his Spud Shed stores across Perth all weekend". Wanneroo Times. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  11. ^ Brammer, Jenne (18 November 2018). "Tony Galati's Spudshed empire grows profits by 76% to nearly $4m". West Australian. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Tony Galati the Musical". Fringe World. 2020. Archived from the original on 28 February 2020.
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