SSW Supermarkets later became Festival then Festival IGA then simply IGA.
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we had ssw suppermarket in ararat then festival iga and iga
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Courtesy: FilmwaysVTC.
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Iām used to IGA stores just being those bigger than milk bar but smaller than supermarket type stores in the city and suburbs. However yesterday I went down to Mount Martha and the IGA there was ahuge supermarket, so it is a good point that the same branding exists for very different stores.
Just remembered there is also an IGA Express in Sydney on Elizabeth Street, opposite the Downing Center law courts. Itās like a larger convenience store.
It was sold to Glorious Sun in 1994, who then sold it to another company Howsea in 2017. Now Howseaās owner is buying it out of administration.
Thatās one way to write down a companyās value and close stores without being the ābadā guy
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Are you a regular customer on your visits to the city for court appearances? 
I used to work a block away but I have also been incessantly called up for jury duty there. Five times in about five years. Iām seriously considering making a complaint of harassment. 
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In Victoria thereās a two year limit I believe but only if youāre selected. You must look dodgy and keep getting passed over.
Iām not that shifty lookingā¦much. Three times I was waiting to be selected most of the day but they picked the juries and didnāt get the chance. I have been selected twice.
I had to be excused from the first trial because I knew one of the witnesses. 
A workmate in my organisation happened to be driving along and witnessed the assault, so when they read out the list of witnesses I had to tell the judge and he excused me.
The last time, I was on the jury for a murder trial. Visited the crime scene and listened to the prosecutors bit then there was a mistrial. Another juror researched the case on the internet and admitted it to us which is against the law. She was dobbed in to the sheriff, who told the judge, who decided that since the trial had only just started and was expected to go for 3-4 weeks, they would start over again.
I think this means I canāt be selected again for at least 3 years.
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when i used to live in maryborough here in victoria , i used to get sommended all the time to go on jurry duty for the bendigo courts . but because it was 69kms away i just had the form it was to far from me to go which it was and didnt had to attend
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The first stage of Adelaide Airportās major expansion of the current terminal opened today. It includes six new stores, including a combined Lego/Kaboom toy store (the second store in the country after Sydney Airport). It is run by Lagardere and totally separate from the Lego Certified Stores which operate at Doncaster in Melbourne and Bondi Junction in Sydney.
Unforeseen potential side effect of coronavirus spread especially in China.
Argh!! 
The money poured into this expansion hasnāt helped the airport get any additional flights, with the same or reduced domestic and international service compared to the last few years.
There are some days of the week this month and next where Adelaide only has 4 international flights a day.
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Itās pretty funny that the ex-pats from China - where bidets and water jets are traditionally used to clean the bum - are the ones who are hoarding all the toilet paper.
The only concern which I have is the hoarding of hand sanitiser, because that stuff is potentially very useful.
The Spotlight Group is set to buy Harris Scarfe from receivership.
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Are people that concerned of running out toilet people amongst all things? Geez.
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