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Bunnings Warehouse is Australia's largest household hardware chain[2] with stores in Australia and New Zealand. The chain is owned by Wesfarmers Limited. In 2008 the A.C.C.C. looked into its acquisitions of five Mitre 10 stores, as it deemed the purchases would be anti-competitive. In February 2009, the ACCC allowed the purchases, finding that "the acquisition of the Mitre 10 stores did not significantly alter the level of competition in the relevant market." Since the development of the Bunnings Warehouse stores, two general operational formats exist: Bunnings and Bunnings Warehouse. The older "Bunnings" stores stock a more limited range of hardware, whereas the larger "Bunnings Warehouses" contain a more comprehensive hardware range and, often, garden supplies including plants. Over time, smaller-format Bunnings stores have gradually been closed. The "big box" format comprises 167 stores of the network of 280.