The combination of financial stress and the uncertainty of COVID-19 has seen a significant increase in the number of crisis calls to suicide prevention services. Australia’s largest service, Lifeline, has reported receiving 3,000 calls per day during the crisis – that’s one call every 30 seconds. Which is why confectionery manufacturing company Mars Wrigley has donated […]
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IGA has today launched a national grocery delivery service in IGA Shop. While some independent family owned stores already offer delivery services, this is the first national platform for the retailer and follows the success of their Priority Shop service introduced during COVID-19. The retailer has said hundreds of its stores throughout Australia will offer
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Coles has unveiled the first of its Coles Local format supermarkets in the exclusive Sydney suburb of Rose Bay. The store is an up-market, hyper-local store with features such as self-serve coffee, an orange juice station, a Japanese mochi ice cream parlour and a pick-and-mix bar for dogs. Coles CEO Steven Cain said it had
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Nestlé has thanked frontline healthcare workers for not taking a break with a specially designed KitKat bar. More than 250,000 of the ‘thank you’ KitKat bars have been distributed to hospital staff in recognition of their lifesaving work during the COVID-19 crisis. Nestlé’s Confectionery General Manager Chris O’Donnell said it was the company’s way
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Heinz has released a new range of plant-based protein soups to get you through winter. Following the trend towards vegtarian and flexitarian diets, the soup giant has released a Plant Proteinz range of soup, saying they’re taking ‘the pork off our forks, chick our of old-school protein sources and have no more beef with this
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Arnott’s has pledged to donate $350,000 worth of their products to help combat food insecurity during COVID-19. The donation will be made to food charity Foodbank Australia, who Arnott’s has supported for more than 10 years and who they have donated millions of kilograms of food to in support of vulnerable communities. The donation also
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Yoplait has emerged as the number one yoghurt brand, according to data from IRI Scan weekly. The IRI shopper panel data for the week ending May 10 showed that in the first quarter of the year, 20.8% of households – roughly 2 million households, choose Yoplait for their yoghurt fix. Yoplait were also found to
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Woolworths has upped its range of convenience meals, introducing 60 new products to shelves this week in their biggest product launch since Christmas. Capitalising on the trend towards healthier options, the grocery retailer has placed an emphasis on vegetables in the range, including five new additions to their ‘Woolworths ‘& Veg’ range. The new products,
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Clear out your freezers, one of Australia’s favourite chocolate bars is now available as an ice cream in a very exciti Cherry Ripe flavoured ice cream bars feature the same beloved cherry flavour and coconut pieces – in ice cream form, coated in Cadbury’s Old Gold dark chocolate. The packs of four stick ice creams
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Cadbury has made their Roses even sweeter this Mother’s Day, donating $50,000 to The Sebastian Foundation to help continue their advocacy work for vulnerable women and children. The money will be put towards renovating the kitchen of a women’s and children’s refuge. The foundation, founded in 2013 by celebrity couple Guy and Jules Sebastian works
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Beloved chocolate the Polly Waffle is set for a triumphant return to shelves. It comes as the company behind the brand, Robern Menz, won a merit based grant through the federal government’s Manufacturing Modernisation Fund (MMF). The $1 million grant will go towards establishing a new production line in their Adelaide factory to bring the
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McCain Foods has pledged to donate a quarter of a million meals to food relief organisations across Australia and NZ to support communities through the COVID-19 crisis. Food relief organisations have seen a recent surge in requests for help as the economic impact of the global pandemic begins to take a toll on families. The
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In some much needed good news, Nestlé has released new KITKATs. The new 4 finger format filled bars come in two new flavours that are set to sway a young, hip and discerning demographic. The first, Mint Cookie Fudge, features crispy wafer fingers topped with mint fudge and cookie pieces covered in smooth milk
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