Malcolm Ward has commercial interests in supermarkets, egg production and property. Malcolm and his wife Liz have been owner operators of supermarkets since 1994, He is managing director of his family's independent supermarkets business, which owns four FoodWorks stores in Perth. He is a director of NSX-listed wholesaler Australian United Retailers and of Supermarkets West, the marketing and promotion company of FoodWorks and Farmer Jacks stores in WA. In the poultry industry, he is a director of AAA Egg Company, its subsidiary West Coast Eggs, and ASX-listed Farm Pride Foods, which is 30 per cent owned by West Coast Eggs.