The 2000’s

The new shopping centre continued to expand and tenancies began to fill. A café opened in the mall across from Foodland Barossa Fresh – ‘Bean Se-juiced’, as well as a Wendy’s ice cream franchise, music and CD store, and Australian Central Credit Union bank branch. The music and CD store closed later in the decade and a Flight Centre opened in its place.

In April 2002, the Co-op launched its new logo – Barossa Community Store. David McArthur explained that ‘the new logo is a simple, modernist approach’ and that ‘this change is necessary because many of our overseas and interstate suppliers perceive the ‘The Community Store’ as representing a small corner store.’ The inclusion of the name Barossa was also representative of the wide area from which the Co-op drew its membership.

The department store remained home to mens and ladies fashion as well as children’s wear, manchester, shoes, and sports. In August 2002, the Barossa Sports store joined the Sportspower franchise, and was renamed Barossa Sportspower.

The refurbished Mitre 10 Solutions was completed in 2003, giving the storefront a refresh and a wider in-store range.

The shopping centre was again expanded in 2009, with construction beginning in January and opening in December. This new extension linked together the Mitre 10 building with the original shopping centre, as well as creating more mall tenancies.