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Philip Morris questions conflict of interest in plain packaging review

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Philip Morris Limited has called on the Federal Health Minister to investigate the appointment of anti-tobacco campaigner Melanie Wakefield of the Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer – one of the chief architects behind the tobacco plain packaging laws – to investigate whether the policy is working. Philip Morris has asked why the Department of […]

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Metcash gains momentum from transformation plan, pricing strategies

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Metcash Limited announced that Group sales revenue increased 1% to $6.6 billion on the prior comparable period for its half-year ended October 31, 2014, while underlying Profit after Tax decreased 9.0% to $101.7 million due to ongoing operating deleverage and as investment in the MFG strategy commenced. However, Metcash’s Transformation program is making progress and

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Nestle to unlock the metabolic ‘master switch’?

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Scientists at the Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences have announced they have examined how our metabolism is regulated by a ‘master molecule’ which controls the body’s energy balance. The Nestlé research suggests that future foods and nutritional products could use the same cellular mechanisms normally activated by exercise. By emulating the effects of exercise on

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Customer service the key to Christmas cheer for Australian businesses

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More than 60% of customers believe Australian businesses are lifting their game when it comes to customer service, according to the American Express 2014 Global Customer Service Barometer. This is a clear improvement on previous years, with 54% satisfaction recorded in 2012 and 55% in 2011. While the research shows that 72% of Australians claim

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Pre-Christmas petrol price falls good news for retailers

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Fuel prices are falling rapidly so that motorists should expect petrol price relief before Christmas, with average national petrol price falling about 10 cents to around $1.40 a litre in November, thanks to a global oil glut and a price battle between USA shale oil producers and the Saudi-Arabia-led OPEC countries. According to the NRMA,

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Stock Box launch an “Out of the box success!”

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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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Potato chips, savoury snacks lead Australia’s snacking

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When it comes to the nation’s most popular snacks, Australians’ tastes tend more towards savoury than sweet. In an average seven-day period, 41% of us snack on potato chips, 37% snack on nuts, and 32% snack on savoury biscuits/crackers. But while these salty treats are the nation’s undisputed favourites, sweet snacks outnumber them when we

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Kimberly-Clark Australia wins Environment Minister’s Award for a Cleaner Environment

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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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