Stock Box launched the first Australian product sample box to over 700 registered members on 24 November. With a selection of 10 products from companies such as Bayer, Slim Nation, Go Natural and SPC Ardmona, retailers for the first time were able to trial and test products and provide feedback, which will assist suppliers to […]
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Above: Weet-Bix with its new front of pack Health Star labelling. Weet-Bix and UP&GO are the first Sanitarium products to arrive on shelves with front of pack Health Star labelling. UP&GO scores four and a half stars and Weet-Bix scores five under the Health Star Rating system. The Health Star Rating system, which was endorsed
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Newsagents claim they will be faced with huge losses to their revenue and the value of their businesses if the Tatts Group goes ahead with plans to expand Tatts Lottery product sales from April 2015 to Coles, Woolworths and other large national chains. When NSW Lotteries was privatised in 2010 a network of 1600 small
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Kimberly-Clark Australia won the Environment Minister’s Award for a Cleaner Environment at the Banksia Awards, held in Sydney this week. The award recognises Kimberly-Clark’s Millicent Mill(see C&I WEEK 97) for its contribution towards achieving the objective of a cleaner, healthier, environment and a more resilient sustainable Australia. Products manufactured at Millicent include Kleenex tissues, Cottonelle and
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A seven month stand-off over wages could come to an end next week when workers at Simplot’s Ulverstone and Devonport sites in Tasmania vote on wages after reaching an in-principle agreement in the Fair Work Commission. It is understood the company’s proposal is “a bit different to what they first put forward but the most
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While Perth, Western Australia retailers were granted permission to open from 7:00am under extended Christmas shopping hours, WA Independent Grocers and the Independent Retailers Organisation say the independents will lose sales to the national chain retailers and face extra costs. The new rule follows a submission to the state government by the WA Chamber of
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Australians love team sport and over 1.7 million over 14 year olds regularly play a team sport. Interestingly regular team sport players are actually 18% more likely than the average Aussie to buy lollies or sweets, according to the latest Roy Morgan Research data. Around one in three team sport participants (33%) bought lollies in
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New independent research from by KPMG LLP in the UK shows the use of black market illegal tobacco in Australia has reached levels never before experienced and, according to the Australasian Association of Convenience Stores (AACS), it’s not just honest retailers who are feeling the effects. AACS CEO Jeff Rogut said the rampant market for
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A vigil by the Transport Workers’ Union outside the Coles/Wesfarmers AGM in Perth alleged that, in a quest to maximise profit, Coles contributed to lethal supply chain practices. Speaking outside the AGM on 20 November, TWU National Secretary Tony Sheldon urged Coles, “to take responsibility for safety throughout its supply chain. No one deserves to
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With small business surveys by industry groups such as the ACCI and CPA Australia showing insufficient demand, slower growth and weaker business conditions, the latest American Express survey of small business owners found that three quarters believe that it’s getting harder to run a small business, with two in five unsure if they’ll be around
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As the weather heats up and retailers look forward to Christmas and New Year sales, stores are filling shelves and storage areas with increased levels of stock. In doing so, it is important that stores a maintain vigilance and check stock is stored safely, fire equipment remains accessible, and sprinkler systems and fire exits are
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Usage of the Oxford Dictionaries 2014 Word of the Year, “vape”— defined as the act of smoking an electronic cigarette — has doubled this year compared to 2013. First used in the 1980s, “Vaping has gone mainstream,” according to Oxford Dictionaries editorial director Judy Pearsall. Celebrities who vape and growing debate on the public dangers
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A Victorian petrol station operator has shown no contrition for underpaying two console operators as little as $10 an hour, resulting in them needing to seek additional income to meet living expenses. The operator, Wedderburn Petroleum Pty Ltd, has been fined $123,915 in the Federal Circuit Court for the underpayments. The company formerly operated a
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