Onlyoz

Est July 2005.

OnlyOz is a synonym for Only Australian Groceries. In Brisbane, Howard and Katie Hooker were so concerned AbOUT the lack of Australian products on supermarket shelves that they finally decided to start a grocery business themselves and STOCK only Australian goods."Of The 50,000 items in our supermarkets only 10 per cent are now made locally and owned by Australian companies. With 90 per cent of products in the supermarket manufactured overseas by foreign-owned companies it is increasingly difficult and confusing trying to track down the true-blue brands." Howard, who has spend 21 years in the Australian Army and Katie, an ex-high school teacher now have a family and are concerned about the future of Australia.

OnlyOz.com.au was set up by ex-Army man Howard Hooker and former school teacher wife Katie with a rather patriotic bent.

History

In July of 2005 Katie and Howard Hooker set up an internet business in the basement of their family home. Word spread quickly of their campaign, and more and more Australian companies got onboard. OnlyOz grew to the point that in July 2007 Katie and Howard moved to a warehouse in Brisbane and employed young Australian and international staff.

"I used to be extremely frustrated by the lack of Australian products in various supermarkets. I used to shop slowly with my Ausbuy Guide while I tried to buy Australian products. Australian products simply weren't available! I decided to start an Australian grocery store myself.

I also use the Australian Made, Australian Grown Campaign website to find other Australian products.”

Katie Hooker

OnlyOz has been featured on A Current Affair, and produced a TV advertisement.

Fight back campaign

To support the Australian economy and our Australian companies, OnlyOz also use the Australian Made, Australian Grown Campaign website to find other Australian products.

Only Australian Groceries sells Australian owned and Australian made products and delivers to anywhere in Australia (or the world) so that everyone has access to Australian products!

January 2010

Now, Katie and Howard stock around 3000 Australian products on their shelves and are constantly updating and improving their website.

They have become so concerned with supporting Australian Made AND Owned, they practice what they preach in every aspect of our lives. At work their uniforms are made in Brisbane out of Australian made fabric. Their pens, pencils, paper, cardboard boxes, and nearly everything in our office is made in Australia by Australian owned companies. At home they have Australian made towels , sheets and other linen. They only buy Australian made clothes and Australian made and owned products from the pharmacy.

Recently, OnlyOz has expanded their business to the Japanese market, and created a Japanese version of their site - aussiegroceries.