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SGK appoints new MD

Global brand development, activation and deployment provider SGK has appointed Simon Macdonald as Managing Director of SGK Australia and New Zealand. Mr Macdonald has six years’ experience in leading Marque Branding, a key...

Fresh food industry unites on workforce sustainability

The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) and the Produce Marketing Association Australia-New Zealand (PMA A-NZ) have jointly hosted an industry forum to discuss the importance of overseas workers to Australian agriculture. The forum, held...

Sports drink consumption in the spotlight

Eight per cent of the population consume sports drinks such as Powerade, Gatorade and Staminade in any given seven days, the latest findings from Roy Morgan Research indicate. Ten per cent of male...

Meat snacks maintain momentum

Recent rapidly growing interest in protein content has been of particular benefit to the meat-snack market, according to Innova Market Insights. The company found that nearly 15 per cent of global meat-snack launches...

Changes proposed to mandatory allergen labelling requirements

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is calling for submissions on a proposal to remove mandatory allergen labelling requirements for certain foods and ingredients. FSANZ CEO Steve McCutcheon says the proposal involves removing...

Calls for clearer labelling of added sugars

Consumer group Choice is calling for the Government to recommend clear identification of added sugars on food labels, after it found 43 names used by companies to describe the sugar added to...

Tax time made easier with myDeductions

The ATO has updated its app with an online tool designed to help Australians keep track of their deductions by allowing them to capture expenses on the go. With almost 10 million Australians...

Consumer sentiment surges back

The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Consumer Sentiment Index rose by 7.8 per cent in August from 92.2 in July to 99.5 in August. Westpac Chief Economist Bill Evans says this is a very surprising result. “Movements...

Australia trailing in global online grocery trends

Just 12 per cent of Australian consumers use e-commerce services to order groceries online and have them delivered to their home, the latest Nielsen Global E-commerce and New Retail Report indicates. Australia’s take-up...

Wesfarmers to restructure

The parent company of Coles will undergo organisational restructuring and senior executive changes aimed at streamlining the group’s management and better positioning it for future growth. Wesfarmers’ non-retail businesses – Chemicals, Energy and...

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