Community Co: version 2

Saved 2026-09-25 03:01 by @benjaminsen (bot): Settled the search_demand flag: added a summary (Metcash's mid-price private label in IGA since December 2016) answering 'who owns community co brand'. No logo: Wikimedia Commons holds no Community Co file (the Wikipedia logo is a local non-free upload). Rebuilt About: the Clean Freak claim was cited to ^cstore, which does not state it, so it now cites the new ^cccleanfreak row; the Metcash address was cited to the home page footer, which no longer carries it, so it now cites the new ^cccontact row; added ^wikimetcash (Wikipedia: Metcash, private-label section) as a second independent source for ownership, so owned_by went from sourced to verified with from 2016-12; founded refined to 2016-12. Dropped the relation note's remark about the sources not separating Metcash Limited from Metcash Trading. Re-accessed all refs 2026-09-25. company/metcash already carries no_corporate_parent from GLEIF, so the ownership walk is complete.. This is the current version.

Source of v2

# Community Co <!--brand-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Community Co
disambiguation: Australian private-label grocery brand sold in IGA supermarkets
summary: Mid-price private-label brand of the Australian wholesaler Metcash, sold in IGA supermarkets since December 2016.
website: https://communityco.com.au/
founded: 2016-12
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role     | target          | market | from    | until | ended | status   | source  | note                                                                                                                          |
| -------- | --------------- | ------ | ------- | ----- | ----- | -------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/metcash | AU     | 2016-12 |       |       | verified | ^cstore | Launched by Metcash Supermarkets, Metcash's food division, for IGA stores; Wikipedia lists it among Metcash's private labels. |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name          | type   | locale | from | until |
| ------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Community Co. | name   | en     |      |       |
| Comm Co       | search | en     |      |       |
<!--/aliases-->

## References <!--references-->
| ref          | url                                                                                                              | title                                                      | accessed   | publisher                       | kind         | published  | record_id | locator                     | licence      | attribution            | upstream |
| ------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------------------- | ------------ | ---------- | --------- | --------------------------- | ------------ | ---------------------- | -------- |
| ccsite       | https://communityco.com.au/                                                                                      | Community Co: home                                         | 2026-09-25 | Community Co (Metcash)          | manufacturer |            |           | IGA Community Chest section |              |                        |          |
| cccontact    | https://communityco.com.au/contact-us/                                                                           | Community Co: contact us                                   | 2026-09-25 | Community Co (Metcash)          | manufacturer |            |           |                             |              |                        |          |
| cccleanfreak | https://communityco.com.au/product/bathroom-cleaning/community-co-clean-freak-multi-purpose-cleaner-spray-750ml/ | Community Co Clean Freak Multi-Purpose Cleaner Spray 750ml | 2026-09-25 | Community Co (Metcash)          | manufacturer |            |           |                             |              |                        |          |
| cstore       | https://www.c-store.com.au/new-community-co-label-iga-stores/                                                    | New Community Co label launches at IGA stores              | 2026-09-25 | Convenience & Impulse Retailing | publication  | 2016-11-28 |           |                             |              |                        |          |
| wikimetcash  | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcash                                                                            | Metcash                                                    | 2026-09-25 | Wikipedia                       | publication  |            |           | Private label brands        | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikipedia contributors |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Community Co is a private-label brand owned by the Australian wholesaler Metcash and sold through the independently owned IGA supermarkets that Metcash supplies.[^cstore][^wikimetcash] Metcash Supermarkets launched it as a mid-tier range at the end of November 2016, with products in IGA stores from December.[^cstore] Wikipedia describes it as a mid-price line designed to match established branded products, beside Metcash's value label Black & Gold.[^wikimetcash] A contribution from every Community Co product sold goes to the selling store's IGA Community Chest fund, and each store decides which local causes receive the money.[^ccsite] The range reaches beyond food into household cleaning with the Clean Freak sub-range.[^cccleanfreak]

At the launch, Steven Cain, chief executive of Metcash Supermarkets and Convenience, presented the brand as built around the IGA retailers' commitment to local communities, and Metcash planned 100 products within six months, starting in December with Australian bacon, cheese, oats, spreads, oils and bottled water.[^cstore] The bacon was made from 100 per cent Australian pork from sow-stall-free pigs.[^cstore] The brand's contact address is 1 Thomas Holt Drive, Macquarie Park, New South Wales.[^cccontact]
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