Brisbane cannery wins Coles Brand business Queensland pineapple growers have a new market for their fruit thanks to Coles switching supply of its Coles Brand tinned pineapple back to Australia. With more than 1.5 million cans of Coles Brand tinned pineapple sold each year this is a major boost for Queensland growers and the local [...]
Getting into a supermarket takes time, a lot of perseverance and more than a dash of anal attention to detail. It can take months to even get hold of the person you need to speak to, let alone convince them they want your product. But when you do make that all important breakthrough, you need [...]
The Board of Metcash Limited today announced the appointment of Ian Morrice as Chief Executive Officer, effective 30 June 2013. Mr Morrice will replace Andrew Reitzer who announced in September 2012 his intention to retire on 30 June. Mr Morrice, 52, has more than 30 years of retail experience, including as managing director and senior [...]
On Wednesday, 6 March, ALDI Australia, the Smarter Shopping retailer, will extend its product offering with the launch of three unique, flexible and affordable prepaid mobile plans. “At ALDI Australia, we are committed to offering our customers high quality products at exceptional value with no lock-in contracts, no flag fall rates, low call rates, [...]
Australia’s leading independent wholesale distributor and marketer, Metcash Limited today announced a major new supply agreement with Supabarn Supermarkets. The new arrangements commence on 1 March 2013 and involve an agreement with an initial term of seven years. The agreement includes supply to the 11 current Supabarn Supermarkets and SupaExpress Stores in the ACT and [...]
our first store in 2001, we have made a commitment to offer our shoppers a Smarter Shopping experience – guaranteed high quality products at low prices every day. With the cost of living increasing for Australian consumers, we continue to find ways to ensure that we stretch their grocery dollars further, whilst also delivering on [...]
Tesco offers the best range of beers, wines and spirits of all UK supermarkets according to a recent Nielsen study just released. The survey, carried out in April 2012, questioned 5969 UK households on a number of quality, range and service indicators in the ‘Attitudes to Retailers Survey 2012’. The results put Tesco ahead of [...]
Attendees to this month’s lunch! trade show, on 20-21 September at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London, will be treated to a wealth of new food, drink, packaging and equipment innovations – as 236 top manufacturers and suppliers prepare to exhibit at the food-to-go industry’s biggest dedicated annual event. Now in its fifth [...]
Corrugated retail ready packaging (RRP) is becoming an increasing necessity for the UK food and beverage manufacturing industry, according to a recent survey* commissioned by the Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) Corrugated Sector. As the demand for attractive and environmentally friendly packaging solutions grow, the results from the survey found that corrugated packaging is leading [...]
Tesco has appointed Alain Guilpain as the new Category Manager for wine. Alain will start in the role on 23rd July and replaces Claire Lorains, who recently left the category following her promotion to Category Director for Tesco healthcare. Returning to the UK following his most recent position as Trading Director for Non-Food Grocery [...]
By Ewelina Stanik. The survey show that over 70% of the grocery market is dominated by two retail Australian giants, Coles and Woolworths. All together they possess about 2700 stores around the country, and what is more, they extend their dominance to petrol station and liquor stores. This situation is particularly troublesome for local [...]
By Ewelina Stanik. A South African retailer, Extrupet is a leader when it comes to using post-consumer recycled plastic bags. Woolworths uses recycled polyethylene terephthalate, or rPET for short as bags. Woolworths also encourages customers to switch to reusable bags but they also believe that customers should [...]
By Ewelina Stanik. Woolworths has launched its new idea, called Baby and Toddler Club. This is a website and online community that provides parents with necessary information and advise when it comes to babies. It also presents essentials, exclusive offers and support. As Tjeerd Jegen, Woolworths director of supermarkets claimed, the research show that parents [...]
By Ewelina Stanik. Chief Executive og Woolworths, Grant O’Brien is making great plans to earn $1billion in online sales in two years time. In Sydney, last week O’Brien claimed: ”Giving customers multiple options isn’t a threat, it’s a huge opportunity, probably the biggest opportunity in retail for many years. If you can’t recognize that, then you [...]
By Ewelina Stanik. Aldi retail group intends to invest a few billion of Euro into its expansion all over the world. Aldi Sud is mainly focusing on the US and Australia . Aldi Nord wants to also spend about 3 billion Euro on modernising and improving its stores. Additionally, there is also an idea to [...]
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