how many bunnings stores are there in australia
Bunnings Warehouse Bunnings was founded in Western Australia in 1887, by two brothers who had emigrated from England. Initially a limited company focused on sawmilling, it became a public company in 1952 and subsequently expanded into the retail sector, purchasing several hardware stores. Bunnings began to expand into other states in the 1990s, and opened its first warehouse-style store in Melbourne in 1994. The chain currently has over 300 stores and over 30,000 employees.[4] Bunnings has a market share of around 20 percent in the Australian retail hardware sector, with competing chains including Home Timber and Hardware, Mitre 10 and various independent retailers.[5]
Jollibee As of December 2016, Jollibee operates 1,100 stores, 950 of which are in the Philippines, its country of origin, and 150 are situated in foreign markets.[37]
Kangaroo industry Current populations stand around 25 million.[6] This means the numbers of kangaroos in Australia are similar to cattle numbers.[7]
Mining in Australia Despite its export importance, the mining sector employs only a small proportion of the workforce â€“ roughly 129,000 Australians, representing only about 2.2% of the total labour force.[31]
Lowe's Lowe's is the second-largest hardware chain[5] in the United States behind The Home Depot and ahead of Menards. Globally, Lowe's is also the second-largest hardware chain, again behind The Home Depot but ahead of the European stores B&Q and OBI.
Loblaws Loblaws is a supermarket chain with over 2000 stores in Canada, headquartered in Brampton, with stores in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec. Loblaws is a division of Loblaw Companies Limited, Canada's largest food distributor.