Reckitt Benckiser (RB) has announced Saurabh Jain as their new Marketing Director for Australia and New Zealand, as the company look to sustainability initiatives. Saurabh will oversee RB’s ANZ consumer hygiene portfolio, which includes brands Pine O Cleen, Glen 20, Harpic, Easy-Off Bam, Mortein, Finish, Vanish, and Air Wick. He joins from the company’s global […]
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Coca-Cola Amatil has just brought vending machines into the digital age. The company has signed an agreement with Centrapay (a digital assets company) to enable consumers to use cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin to make purchases from their Australian and New Zealand machines. Paymnets will be made via a Sylo Smart Wallet at vending machines with
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A new ultra-fast electric vehicle (EV) charging station has opened in Victoria, allowing drivers to charge their car in just 15 minutes. Operated by Ampol and Evie Networks, the (currently Caltex branded) site in Avenel, 130km north of Melbourne, is the first of six Ampol EV sites set to open within the next 12 months
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When it comes to better-for-you products, nothing is more on trend than those containing pre-and-probiotics. Once relegated to health food stores and widely unknown in mainstream circles, the trend has been rising in recent years in line with more consumer awareness around gut bacteria and the role it plays in promoting good health. The perceived
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BP has told investors they are rethinking their long-term plan, as they evaluate the toll of COVID-19 and the reliance on fuel and gas in their move towards becoming a carbon zero company by 2050. In a statement issued earlier this week the fuel giant said they were reviewing both their portfolio and capital development
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New research from the Australasian Association of Convenience Stores (AACS) shows the crucial role the convenience sector played during the peak of the COVID-19 crisis. The research, compiled by Convenience Measures Australia (CMA) for AACS, shows consumers are increasingly looking to C-stores as safer, more hygienic and quieter places to shop, compared with major retailers.
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The cyber attack on Lion Dairy & Drinks (LD&D) has prompted warnings other FMCG businesses could be at risk. The industry giant, who manufactures brands such as Dairy Farmers, Pura, Vitasoy and Yoplait through LD&D has said it was hit by a “major incident” on Monday which forced the company to disable its IT systems.
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If rumours of Cadbury’s latest flavour mash-up are true, the internet may be set for a meltdown. The brand sent the internet into a spin in 2018 when it re-released the beloved Caramilk flavour, with many cult followers losing their collective cool over the news. Cadbury has since released a hybrid in their Twirl Caramilk bar,
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X Convenience are opening a new store in Adelaide’s north. The petrol and convenience store has been announced as the first commercial tenant for the new Springwood Village Centre, in Gawler East, where it will have 24/7 trading, serve barista made coffee and stock fresh food and groceries. Construction on the store, which is being
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As an increasing number of Australian consumers look to cut back on their sugar consumption and seek out better-for-you products, Bickford’s Australia may have just delivered the product we all need. The South Australian based company has released a sugar free range in two flavours: Mixed Berry and Lemon Lime, giving us all some extra
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ALDI distribution centres in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane have been sold to Charter Hall and JV partner Allianz Real Estate in a deal worth $648 million. The logistics properties, which were designed and built by ALDI, were sold on a seven-year lease back term, with multiple seven-year options. The deal includes two Sydney centres located
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The Coca-Cola Australia Foundation (CCAF) has teamed up with Earthwatch to tackle marine pollution and rejuvinate the Lower Gulf of Carpentaria. The $600,000 partnership will see Earthwatch, in conjunction with the Carpentaria Land Council Aboriginal Corporation (CLCAC) and recycling group Plastic Collective, train 20 CLCAC Indigenous Land and Environmental Rangers to manage their ‘Wetlands not
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NightOwl are celebrating the reopening of their New Farm store in Brisbane’s northern suburbs, two years after it was destroyed by fire. The convenience store was razed when the restaurant adjoining the store caught fire in April, 2018. The store had been serving the local community since 1985 and was the first of NightOwl’s now
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