AACS, together with AIM, is offering a one day workshop on how to use innovation to get in front of the competition.
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Suppliers believe that many P&C retailers will benefit from the Budget’s $20,000 asset tax deduction…
Suppliers see retail upgrade benefits from asset tax deduction Read More »
SPC’s $100 million investment program sees opening of a new production line which can produce food products in a snack cup format…
SPC invests in snack production, launches new fruit packs Read More »
ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence fell 1.0% to 113.5 last week, following strong growth in the previous fortnight. Confidence has been trending above its long run average for two continuous weeks, following a five month run of below average growth. Confidence remains well above levels this time last year (14.3%), following the release of the 2014
ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence holds recent gains Read More »
The federal government’s Food and Grocery Code of Conduct was debated in a Senate inquiry in May, two years after it was first proposed. Now National Party Senators have called for an ombudsman to be appointed as a Senate report urged Coles and Woolworths to immediately sign on to the Code. Queensland Nationals Senator Matt
Nationals back ombudsman for Grocery Code of Conduct as Coles, Woolworths slow to sign Read More »
The Campbell Soup Company has posted a sales fall of 4% to US$1.9 billion, primarily due to negative currency impact, while on an organic basis, sales decreased 1% on lower volume, partly offset by lower promotional spending and higher selling prices. Satisfactory results were seen in the Arnott’s business in Australia and Indonesia. Denise Morrison, Campbell’s
Campbell’s sales fall on cost cuts & repositioning, but Arnott’s performs Read More »
2015-16 Budget receives positive response from Retailers as Jobs and Small Business Package offers up to $20,000 asset tax deduction incentive.
Retailers welcome Budget asset tax deduction, but mixed response Read More »
With the NSW Cancer Council claiming that a rapidly expanding e-cigarette industry is unregulated, CEO of the Australasian Association of Convenience Stores (AACS) Jeff Rogut said the sale of legal e-cigarettes is one of a range of solutions Government should be investigating as having the potential to reduce the incidence of smoking. “With the NSW
E cigs show potential to cut smoking, draconian laws no solution: AACS Read More »
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has concluded an investigation into alleged anti-competitive conduct by fuel retailers in the NSW Northern Tablelands city of Armidale and not found evidence of cartel conduct during the course of the investigation. This followed concerns raised late last year regarding high petrol prices. The regulator said that fuel prices
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The latest ABS Retail Trade figures show that Australian retail turnover rose 0.3% in March following a rise of 0.7% in February 2015, seasonally adjusted, while food retailing at 0.4% growth was a modest rise reflecting flat growth for the March quarter. At current prices, the trend estimate for Australian retail turnover rose 0.3% in
Steady sales for food retailing backed by interest rate cut Read More »
Two shop assistants were subjected to an unwarranted number of work trials by a NSW retail business, a Fair Work Ombudsman investigation has found. Mario and Mirna Tamer, the former owners of Fancy Fruits retail shop at Thirroul, in the Illawarra region, have admitted they often used unpaid trials as part of their recruitment process.The
Excess use of free ‘Work trials’ doesn’t add up Read More »
Small Businesses (0-19 employees) benefit from 2015-16 Budget with $5.5 Billion Jobs and Small Business Package allowing for tax cut relief.
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One-quarter of the Australian population aged over 14 years (some 4.9 million people) drink bottled water in an average seven days (steady since 2010), the latest findings from Roy Morgan Research reveal. It seems that people who drink bottled water have a greater taste for other non-alcoholic beverages as well. Compared to folks who don’t
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