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Shrinking Sugary Drinks

To support our customers to drink less sugar, the ALPA Board agreed to pilot a ‘pack size reduction’ strategy on the highest selling sugary drinks. This strategy will complement the suite of sugar reduction policies already in place across our stores.
Tracking our nutrition efforts

The ALPA Nutrition Team and Retail Analysts have collaborated with Menzies School of Health Research to build live, interactive reports on the Microsoft BI platform. These reports provide insights into fruit and vegetable, drink, and overall sugar sales performance and purchasing trends for each store.
Gapuwiyak Women's Camp

Community Nutritionists reflection on the Gapuwiyak Women’s Camp run by Growing Up Strong Kids (GUSK) program. The camp focused on health and wellbeing but mostly it was an opportunity for women to be out on country and enjoy each other’s company.
Ramingining Takeaway makes a Comeback

Ramingining takeaway has seen a great improvement in healthy sales over the past few months.

Gapuwiyak Women's Camp

Community Nutritionists reflection on the Gapuwiyak Women’s Camp run by Growing Up Strong Kids (GUSK) program. The camp focused on health and wellbeing but mostly it was an opportunity for women to be out on country and enjoy each other’s company.
Ramingining Takeaway makes a Comeback

Ramingining takeaway has seen a great improvement in healthy sales over the past few months.
10 Year anniversary for for one of Gapuwiyak's Best!

Uncle Pete celebrates 10 successful years at the Gapuwiyak Store!
Good Food Strong Bodies Education Delivery

Community-based Nutritionist Sarah Funston delivers 55 workshops so far, for our 'Good Food Strong Bodies' health promotions across East Arnhem Land.
Experiences that go far beyond normal retail jobs

Our store leaders out in communities get to experience things that any normal retail job wouldn't get to do. Working at ALPA is more than just retailing.
From Ramingining to Darwin - 8 Years Strong

Daman and Craig packed up their coastal life, grabbed the dogs, and headed west. That was 8 years ago and they're still going strong with ALPA.
ALPA stores prepare for cyclone season

Cyclone preparation is a critical activity for all entities at ALPA at this time of the year.
Good Food Strong Bodies

Since the 1980’s the ALPA Board of directors has had a strong focus on health and nutrition within the retail environment.
ALPA Creates Careers

We chat with Retail Area Manager John Quill about his 24 year career with ALPA.
Ramingining sees another Retail graduate this month

Samantha Greenwood has recently completed her Certificate II in Retail at the Ramingining Store.

Careers

Check out our latest job vacancies and see how you can make a difference everyday.
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Our ALPA Member Stores

Our Member Stores are 100% owned and operated by ALPA and create surplus to be reinvested back into our communities.
What we do

ALPA is an Aboriginal not-for-profit Corporation that leads independent businesses in Remote Retailing, Community Service Program Delivery, Enterprise and Economic Development and Corporate Services.
Community Development Program

The Community Development Program is a remote employment and community development program. CDP supports job seekers in remote Australian communities to build work‐like skills, address employment barriers and contribute to their communities through a range of high quality activities.
Operational Footprint

Our Operational footprint cover 1.2 million square kilometres.
Working Remote

ALPA operates in some of Australia's remotest locations and we pay our respects to the traditional owners past, present, and emerging for the lands we operate on.
Our history

We have come a long way since 1972 – from small, counter sales stores in tin sheds, to full self-service, air-conditioned stores offering an extensive range of quality goods in remote communities.
Health and Nutrition Strategy

Health and Nutrition is a priority for our ALPA member and consultancy stores. We extend our Health and Nutrition Policy to all of our stores.
Joneesha Gurruwiwi Cancer Treatment and Recovery Fund

7-year-old Joneesha Gurruwiwi is fighting a rare type of brain cancer called Medulloblastoma and she needs your help so that she can be cared for during her treatment.