The 2010’s
Both ladies and mens fashion were moved from the department store to the new Barossa Mall into their very own stores, named ‘Orchard Lane’ and ‘Rod & Spur’. Australia Post took up a tenancy in the Mall alongside Nuriootpa Newsagency and a new telecommunications store, ‘Barossa Communications’.
In November 2010, the Board announced its new logo: ‘The Co-op: Heart of the Barossa’, reinforcing the unique nature and central role the Co-op played in the region.
The 21 Murray Street building was renamed ‘Barossa Home Living’, and an expanded and refurbished store for Betta Electrical opened in 2011.
In 2016, in order to keep up with demand and the technological advances of the internet, the Foodland supermarket introduced an online shopping service, named Co-op Fresh. This included platter orders, delivery to customer homes and click and collect services.
Community demand continued to increase, and after many years of extensive community consultation and detailed planning, the construction of a new and redeveloped shopping centre commenced in May 2016. This included a new and again expanded Barossa Fresh Foodland supermarket. This new supermarket would offer an expanded ‘market style’ fresh food and local produce offer, as well as becoming a food hub for the region.
The previous extension of Barossa Mall was demolished to make way for the redevelopment, and Orchard Lane, Barossa Sportspower & Surf, and Rod & Spur were moved back to the 21 Murray Street building. Mitre 10 was reopened in March 2017 at a brand-new spacious building on Gawler Street, complete with a Garden Centre and Trade Centre.
In October 2017, the completely redeveloped shopping centre was completed and named The Co-op, along with the brand-new Co-op Fresh Foodland supermarket. Trading commenced on Wednesday 18th October 2017 and the official opening was held on 26th November 2017. The new supermarket included an in-store café, butchery, cheese room with over 150 cheeses, and an in-store bakehouse. The fresh produce departments were also enlarged to accommodate the abundant local produce wanted by customers. A special ‘Barossa Larder’ section was also implemented to feature Barossa products.
The shopping centre soon welcomed other tenancies alongside the supermarket, such as Cheap as Chips, ALDI, Angas Park Cellars, Specsavers, Flight Centre and more. The Foodland supermarket space in the Barossa Regional Shopping Centre building also became an undercover carpark space.
In 2019, the logo was changed from The Co-op: Heart of the Barossa to The Barossa Co-op, to further reenforce its connection to the Barossa community.
