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No more plastic bags for NZ’s Foodstuffs

New Zealand grocery distributor Foodstuffs has announced that all its retail and wholesale brands will stop offering plastic checkout bags. The bag ban will start on January 1, 2019. Among its brands are New...

SPAR-tacus? SPAR Hellas launches bold Greek expansion

SPAR Hellas, SPAR Partner in Greece, aims to have 80 SPAR stores open by the end of 2018. It also wants to add another 300 over the next four years. It’s already opened...

Red Bull looks beyond energy

Red Bull has unveiled Organics, a premium range of Certified Organic soft drinks made with ingredients from natural sources. Organics by Red Bull comes in four variants: Simply Cola, Bitter Lemon, Ginger...

Exclusive Interview: Metcash CEO of Supermarkets & Convenience Scott Marshall

Scott Marshall began his career with Metcash in the Australian Liquor Marketers (ALM) business 25 years ago and became CEO of ALM in December 2013. In March this year he was appointed...

Gemmill Homes and Foodbank WA hit hunger where it hurts

Residential Home builder Gemmill Homes and Foodbank WA have teamed up to support the hungry this August. Foodbank WA describes itself as “the state’s largest food-relief organisation, providing over 5.7 million meals a...

Coles to match customer donations to Australian farmers

Coles has pledged to match dollar-for-dollar every donation by Coles’ customers to help support drought-hit Australian farmers. The supermarket says it will carry out this pledge for the entire month of August. This follows...

New Roast Chicken & Thyme flavour for Smith’s Thinly Cut

Smith’s says it has introduced a new “mouth-watering”, limited-edition flavour for its Thinly Cut range – Roast Chicken & Thyme. “We’re pleased to unveil the latest limited-edition flavour for the Smith’s Thinly Cut...

Design agency Cowan Australia relaunches

International design agency Cowan has just relaunched in Australia, the company has announced. It comes at a time, says the company, when client needs in Australia and Asia are once more driving marketers...

Heinz could face $10m fine for ‘misleading’ consumers

Heinz could face a $10 million fine for misleading consumers over the nutritional status of a product marketed at toddlers. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has requested the near-maximum fine as...

More than half of Aussie shoppers abandon online purchases

Australian consumers are prone to abandoning their online shopping carts before buying, according to new research. The SAP Consumer Propensity Study found that 57 per cent of online shoppers discard their virtual shopping...

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