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Woolworths slashes prices to claw back supermarket sales

Woolworths is ramping up the supermarket price war with rival Coles to win back sales and said that prices are going to come down in an ominous warning to suppliers’ margins. The move comes after the retailer posted weak 1.7% same store sales in supermarkets and liquor, a big dip in petrol sales, but strong […]

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Costco grabs grocery market share, Australia to add two warehouses

With Woolworths set to ramp up the supermarket price war with rivals Coles and Aldi to win back sales, Costco Australia managing director Patrick Noone said that the warehouse retailer has been competitive since it opened but that nothing extraordinary has yet been seen on grocery prices. Mr Noone’s comments came as chairman of competition

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Public holiday penalty rates pile pressure on small businesses

With the Victorian Government earmarking extra public holidays in the state, threatening to squeeze more penalty rates out of small businesses, the Australasian Association of Convenience Stores (AACS) has called for common sense to prevail. According to media reports, the Victorian Government is preparing to gazette changes to Victoria’s public holiday schedule to include Easter

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Coles Express sees store sales grow, petrol down

Coles’ half-year 2014 sales were driven by good result from its supermarket stores, while in the convenience sector, Coles Express saw higher merchandise sales offset by lower fuel volumes and prices. In convenience, store sales increased 8.1% per cent, while fuel volume growth fell by 6.9% for the half year. “Lower fuel volumes were due

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Aldi continues to shake up Australian retailing

For the third time since the inaugural award in 2011, ALDI Australia has been named Supermarket of the Year 2014 at the Roy Morgan Research Customer Satisfaction Awards Night. Now in its fourth year, the Roy Morgan Research Awards are an important and widely recognised measure of consumer and business satisfaction, celebrating businesses that have

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IGA turns ‘pink’ for McGrath foundation

Throughout February and March, IGA stores nationwide will raise funds for the McGrath Foundation. Money raised from the sale of hundreds of Community Chest labelled products will be donated to help place McGrath Breast Care Nurses in communities across Australia. The initiative was launched on 17 February at Bray’s IGA in Allambie Heights, with celebrations

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On the go food boom sees convenience stores in winning position

Sales of on-the-go foods through convenience stores and supermarket outlets are increasing, visits to US convenience stores for prepared foods up 3% and visits to supermarkets up 1% in 2014 according to new data released in the US market. The competition onslaught has seen Quick Service Restaurants like McDonald’s increasingly turn to healthier foods and

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Bread prices to fall as Goodman Fielder reaches agreement with supermarkets

Independent convenience stores and supermarkets will be checking to ensure that their bread pricing is competitive after bread manufacturer, Goodman Fielder, said it will move to everyday low pricing (ELP) through Coles and Woolworths. The move to ELP (instead of the more common high/low pricing model) and the implementation of a new Goodman Fielder bread

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P&C retailers use technology to attract new business

A new offering from Australian firm JEA Technologies – the Smart Antenna by iSIGN Media – gives convenience stores, fuel outlets and retailers of all kinds the ability to reach out to new and existing customers, while also collecting data and measuring the effectiveness of promotions. Technology such as the Smart Antenna provides location based

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Longest running grocery store in Australia renovates

In Northern NSW a unique store proudly claims the title of the longest continually running grocery store in Australia. SPAR Maclean has seen many changes made to the store over the years, but the last six months have seen the biggest so far with a significant investment culminating in a re-launch of the newly renovated

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Supermarket price wars, labour costs close Dairy Bell ice cream

Small Melbourne-based ice cream maker Dairy Bell Ice Cream will close its Melbourne and Sydney factories on 27 February after 44 years of manufacturing ice cream in Australia and selling into independents such as convenience and grocery stores. The manufacturer of mainly take home ice cream cited the supermarket “ice cream wars” as a major

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