Woolworths Group had been opened, although in April the company also entered administration and closed. The Woolworths store in Dorchester, Dorset was reopened as an independent business named "Wellworths" by the store manager Claire Robertson. The store was officially opened by BBC Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans on 11 March 2009. It was later renamed "Wellchester". Wellchester ceased trading in August 2012, after store manager Claire Robertson left to set up her own retail consultancy business. The Woolworths brand and domain was bought by Shop Direct Group, owned by Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay, on 2 February 2009. The company announced
Woolworths (New Zealand) Woolworths (New Zealand) Woolworths is a former New Zealand supermarket chain and a unit of Woolworths Group in Australia. The chain has been re-branded as Countdown. Founded in 1929 by Percy Christmas, the chain was separated from the parent company Woolworths Group in Australia and was called Woolworths New Zealand. During this period, the chain was mainly Variety and General Merchandise products trading under the Woolworths brand. In 1956, Woolworths first entered food retailing with their Food Fair store, and its first dedicated food store opened in 1963 in New Lynn. It wasn't until 1967 that Woolworths launched its first