Despite some ups and downs in recent years, ice cream remains a staple on many Australian grocery lists, with 73% of Aussie grocery consumers purchasing a tub or carton of ice cream at least once in the last 12 months, Roy Morgan Research said. While the proportion of grocery buyers who purchase ice cream tubs/cartons […]
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New Zealand ‘no frills’ independent supermarket Pak’nSave has won the 2014 battle to be New Zealand’s cheapest, edging out Woolworths’ Countdown to be crowned the country’s cheapest supermarket in Consumer NZ’s annual survey of supermarket prices. Consumer NZ Chief executive Sue Chetwin said Pak’nSave had the lowest prices in all seven main centres surveyed. It
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The New York Daily News has reported that PepsiCo have been testing a “Dorito-inspired” flavour at colleges and universities. A PepsiCo representative told the Daily News, “We are always testing out new flavors of Mountain Dew, and giving our fans a voice in helping decide on the next new product has always been important to
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Further to last week’s report in C&I WEEK, we have just received the results of the Melbourne Kleenex Cottonelle’s experiential stand, which was erected in Melbourne’s Federation Square and offered passers-by the opportunity to test Kleenex Cottonelle Flushable Cleansing Cloths for themselves and experience an elevated standard of clean. • Across two days of activity in
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Hospitality, food and household goods retailers are tipped for a Christmas shopping boost, while ABS Retail Trade figures for September 2014 show that Australian retail turnover rose 1.2% seasonally adjusted, following an August rise of 0.1%, while the trend estimate was steady at 0.3% and retail turnover volume up 1.0% for September. The Australian Retailers
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New Zealand ‘no frills’ independent supermarket Pak’nSave has won the 2014 battle to be New Zealand’s cheapest, edging out Woolworths’ Countdown to be crowned the country’s cheapest supermarket in Consumer NZ’s annual survey of supermarket prices. Consumer NZ Chief executive Sue Chetwin said Pak’nSave had the lowest prices in all seven main centres surveyed. It
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A complaint about the way Coles supermarkets advertised its apples has been upheld by the Advertising Standards Bureau, while Coles argued the description was accurate because “advanced cold storage” helped them retain qualities such as “taste, texture, smell, size and colour” for a lengthy period of time. In a TV ad, Coles described Tasmanian Pink
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In an ASX Announcement this week Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) reported that the organisation has made solid progress in developing and implementing a range of initiatives to stabilize earnings and return to growth. Having announced targeted savings of $100 million in August, the company has now finalized plans to restructure. CCA Group Managing Director, Alison Watkins
Wesfarmers announced its first quarter 2015 retail sales results last week with Food & Liquor headline sales up 5.8% during the quarter to $7.3 billion, helped by easing price deflation and ongoing investment in value, but partially offset by tobacco excise increases and fresh produce inflation. Coles continue its grocery sales growth trend by posting
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Event promotions such as Shop Small and Small Business Saturday are proving to be a major success in North America and the UK, and in Australia, small business owners and customers responded in record numbers to the American Express-backed Shop Small campaign in 2013. Shop Small will run through November and Federal Government Ministers declared
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Tatts Group is holding advanced discussions with a number of major players in petrol station convenience stores to sell scratch lottery tickets and daily keno in Victoria from February 2015, after the Victorian Government approved a variation to Tatts’ public lotteries licence in October. The move follows a decision by Greek group Intralot to end
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A bid by the National Retail Association is aimed at harmonizing retail trading hours across south east Queensland to create a single zone with the same opening hours Monday to Saturday that would also change a 20-year-old, 5pm Saturday closing rule in many areas of SEQ. The NRA, which represents over 19,000 different retailers and
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Woolworths Limited chief executive officer, Grant O’Brien this week announced the company’s results for the 14 weeks to 5 October 2014 (first quarter FY15). Announcing sales of $16.2 billion – an increase of 3.0% on the previous year (or 4.1% excluding petrol) – Mr O’Brien said, “Australian Food and Liquor delivered sales growth of 3.9%
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