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Queensland retailers prepare to bin the bag

There are fewer than 100 days to go before retailers across Queensland will be forced to permanently bin the plastic bag when the state-wide ban kicks in on July 1. The ban includes...

ACCC: franchising and misleading behaviour a continued focus

Nearly 5,000 small businesses reported various issues to the ACCC last year, with the most common areas of concern being alleged misleading conduct, consumer guarantees issues and wrongly accepting payments. The ACCC took...

Planet Ark toolkit aims to help businesses reduce waste

A free guide for Australian businesses on how to manage waste more efficiently has been released by Planet Ark. The ‘War on Waste Tookit for Businesses’ has ten tools such as the ‘recycling...

‘Pump up your team’ campaign returns

Pump will continue its partnership with the AFL as the official water for the 2018 season and, for the second year running, will change its iconic packaging to feature all of the...

Woolworths reduces reliance on plastic packaging

The retailer is working on removing or reducing plastic packaging on fresh-produce lines and claims to have removed 25.2 tonnes of plastic packaging from organic spring onions, celery, kale and English spinach...

Industry opposes proposed WA liquor restrictions

Liquor restrictions proposed by the Western Australia state government have been criticised as anti-competitive and likely to stifle employment. The state government has proposed restricting liquor stores to less than 400sqm and restricting...

Demand for Kanzi challenges growers

Consumer demand for Kanzi apples is claimed to be continuing to grow, with the brand said to be leading the way with new apple varieties on retail shelves. One of Kanzi’s key attributes...

Malvern Central Shopping Centre welcomes David Jones Food

To expand its food retail offering, Malvern Shopping Centre in Melbourne has opened David Jones Food, making it Victoria’s first food concept launched by the department store. The new food offering was sourced...

SPAR Australia Supplier of the Year Awards 2018

The theme for the year’s SPAR Supplier of the Year Awards was ‘Better Together’, a notion supported by the company’s founding principle that “through united cooperation all shall benefit”. This year’s festivities were...

Woolworths increases lead in grocery war

The latest results from Roy Morgan show that in the 12 months to December 2017, Woolworths has 32.2 per cent of the total grocery market (including fresh food), an increase of 0.8...

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