Metcash to acquire Superior Food, 2 hardware businesses

IGA supplier Metcash has spent more than half a billion dollars on three new acquisitions. (Dan Peled/AAP PHOTOS)

IGA supplier Metcash will spend around $558.5 million to acquire a leading restaurant food vendor and two hardware chains.

Metcash announced on Monday it would buy Superior Food for up to $412.3 million; South Australia-based Bianco Construction Supplies for $82.2 million; and Alpine Truss, one of the largest frame and truss operators in Australia, for $64 million.