The national body representing Australia’s vegetable and potato growers, AUSVEG, says changes to the nation’s country-of-origin labelling system will help consumers feel confident about the source of their food.
Under the reforms, the...
Two food-industry bodies – AUSVEG and Fresh Markets Australia – have welcomed the federal Government’s proposed reforms to the Horticulture Code of Conduct.
The proposed reforms were announced this week following an independent...
Delegates at the sixth meeting of the Healthy Food Partnership in Canberra last week agreed that “the most valuable way of assisting the public with healthier food choices is to make the...
Australian retail market research firm Koji says its Snapshot data offering delivers transactional grocery data to help FMCG brand marketers better understand basket share, customer demographics and in-store transactional behaviour.
Koji says Snapshot,...
Organisations are wasting billions of dollars each year on customer loyalty programs that don’t work like they used to, according to new research from Accenture Strategy.
The Accenture Strategy report ‘Seeing beyond the...
ALDI Australia has been named the top employer among graduates looking for a career in retail and FMCG, according to the results of the GradConnection Top100 Awards.
The awards are based on the...
Australia’s Nick Chapley and James Kelly were among the 2017 IGA International Retailers of the Year celebrated during the IGA Awards of Excellence Brunch held in Las Vegas last weekend.
The IGA 2017...
Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) at Coles decreased 2.6 per cent to $920 million for the half-year ended December 31, 2016.
Excluding the gains on the sale of Coles’ interest in a...
Rob Scott will be the next Wesfarmers managing director, replacing Richard Goyder who will step down towards the end of 2017 after more than 12 years in the role.
Mr Scott becomes the...
Where consumers buy their liquor
By David Burton.
Recent results from Wesfarmers, Woolworths and Metcash have demonstrated the worth of havinga dedicated liquor operation, with brands such as Dan Murphy’s, BWS and Liquorland each...
