{"id":546240,"date":"2026-07-27T13:10:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T13:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/546240\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T13:10:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T13:10:23","slug":"metcash-bottle-o-consider-exit-from-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/546240\/","title":{"rendered":"Metcash, Bottle-O consider exit from New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Metcash, the franchise operator of Bottle-O in New Zealand, is considering a complete withdrawal from the market.<\/p>\n<p>Some 110 Bottle-O locations are currently in operation in New Zealand, but a spokesperson for Metcash told the New Zealand Herald that it has formally entered into consultation over the exit of not just Bottle-O, but its Liquor Centre and Tasman Liquor Company operations.<\/p>\n<p>These operations combine to account for around 370 stores in the country.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after Metcash <a href=\"https:\/\/insideretail.co.nz\/2023\/06\/29\/what-metcashs-results-reveal-about-the-state-of-food-retail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told investors in its recent full-year financial report<\/a> that operations in New Zealand represent less than 5 per cent of Metcash\u2019s total revenue and assets. The ASX-listed wholesaler also operates Cellarbrations and IGA Liquor in its Australian independent brands liquor portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>Metcash originally entered the New Zealand wholesale liquor market in July 2002 when its liquor division, Australian Liquor Marketers, acquired Allied Liquor. Bottle-O was then launched in 2007 in New Zealand; the parent company went on to acquire the Liquor Centre group in 2020 to expand its operations.<\/p>\n<p>The wholesaler\u2019s wider liquor division accounts for more than $6.4 billion in revenue each year. Despite occupying nearly one-third of the Australian liquor market, Metcash\u2019s presence in New Zealand falls far behind the likes of Foodstuffs and Woolworths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Metcash, the franchise operator of Bottle-O in New Zealand, is considering a complete withdrawal from the market. Some&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":546241,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[268472,268473,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-546240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-bottle-o","tag-metcash","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/546241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}