Store owners Michael and Roz White of White’s Supa IGA Bli Bli were thrilled to receive the prestigious Independent Grocers of Australia state Retailer of the Year Award at the IGA Queensland and Northern NSW state conference last month in Waikiki, Hawaii. With over 200 competing stores, the Bli Bli Super IGA also won awards […]
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Master Grocers Australia/Liquor Retailers Australia CEO Jos de Bruin has called for Section 46 of the Competition Act covering misuse of market power to have an effects test that deals with the predatory capacity of supermarket giants such as Coles, Woolworths and Aldi. He said this is needed due to the chains opening new stores
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The AACS Women In Convenience initiative will launch a new and expanded programme for 2015 after its successful first year with two events to be held in Sydney and Melbourne during May. At both events Petra Buchanan, CEO of the McGrath foundation, will be a guest speaker. Ms Buchanan is globally recognised for her expertise
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Quarterly figures released this week by Wesfarmers show that total sales at Coles Express have fallen by 16.6% in the third quarter when compared to the previous quarter. Total sales of $1.6 billion were recorded for the quarter. This includes fuel sales which, despite higher fuel volumes, have been impacted by lower fuel prices. According
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On Good Friday, Friday 3 April, all 600 7-Eleven stores nationally joined together to raise funds for children’s hospitals. Stores asked customers to name the price they would like to pay for a large Slurpee, with all funds raised being donated to children’s hospitals. The ‘Name Your Price Day’ raised a total of $153,394.71 nationally
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Woolworths was criticised on social media and by a Government Minister last week over its campaign for the ‘Fresh in Our Memories’ website that linked Anzac commemorations to the retailer’s logo, and promptly withdrew the campaign. Meanwhile, Fonterra was caught up in the Hepatitis A outbreak linked to imported frozen berries and pulled a television
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Last week Caltex Australia handed a cheque for more than $420,000 to Make-A-Wish Australia CEO Gerard Menses. The donation was made using funds raised by Caltex Star Mart retailers, customers, suppliers and employees during the highly-successful Wish Drive held in November last year in which over 400 stores around Australia raise much-needed funds for the
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Keeping customers satisfied can be difficult for even the savviest of supermarkets, but South Australian chain Foodland is currently showing the competition how it’s done. Starting the year on a high, Foodland has taken out first place in the monthly Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Awards for January and February. In February, the Foodland achieved a
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The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) is calling on all retailers to enter now for the 2015 eftpos ARA Australian Retail Awards. Entries are due by Friday 8 May 2015. The ARA Awards are now officially open across twelve categories and designed to celebrate success across the entire retail industry – from small owner-operated stores through
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7-Eleven to donate funds raised from ‘Name Your Price Day’ event run nationally towards children’s hospitals around the country.
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Despite NSW and ACT newsagents fears that that Tatts lotteries will move into Coles and Woolworths supermarkets from 2018, Victorian lottery retailers see a more immediate threat from Tatts Group planning to sell lottery tickets at convenience stores. This follows a 12 months trial of lottery tickets through six Coles Express outlets in Victoria. The
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The West Australian government has extended retail trading hours for general retail shops in the Perth metropolitan area for the Easter Monday and Anzac Day public holiday. However, this latest trading hour’s extension is expected to put more pressure on smaller stores such as convenience stores. The move comes as the WA Chamber of Commerce
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Australia’s Top 1000 Australian companies have been identified in a IBISWorld Special Report. The report shows that during 2014, average revenue growth across all Top 1000 companies was 7.5%, down from 14.6% on the previous year. Grocery giant Woolworths placed second on the list behind resources behemoth BHP Billiton. Woolworths moved from fourth position on
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