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Outback Stores is a company that manages remote stores on behalf of Indigenous communities.
It was set up in 2006 in response to a need for functional and viable shops that were able to meet the health and nutritional requirements of Indigenous populations. The company respects and builds strong relationships with the communities it works with and the result is stores that people can take pride in and feel part of.
Outback Stores is a Government owned enterprise with an independent board. Profits from the stores are returned to the community.
It does not own the stores but is engaged by the owners (in most cases the communities) to manage them on a fee-for-service basis.
Outback Stores has four key goals:
- To ensure remote Indigenous communities have access to constant and affordable food supplies, in the same way people in cities can buy food in a supermarket;
- To provide fresh fruit, vegetables and nutritious food to improve the health of people living in remote communities;
- To ensure stores are properly managed and become commercially successful, so they don’t need any more government money; and,
- To increase Indigenous employment opportunity through local recruitment and training.
Outback Stores was established because it offered a solution: a team of experienced supermarket managers backed by systems, training, a voluntary board, good buying power and a passionate commitment to making a difference.
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