Coronavirus (COVID-19) fears have cleared supermarket shelves and sparked supply shortages of hand sanitisers. Photos circulating this week have shown empty shelves in supermarkets across the country as people made a rush for essentials like toilet paper and baby goods, as well as canned foods, pasta and non-perishables. However hand sanitiser, unsurprisingly, appears to be […]
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Coca-Cola are the latest company to feel the squeeze from COVID-19 containment measures. The Coca-Cola company have flagged potential product delays as it deals with supply chain issues for the sugar substitutes used in the diet and Coke-Zero ranges, which are sourced from China. Releasing their annual report to the US Security Exchange Commission, the
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A Victorian company has made a timely expansion from bottling juice to hand sanitiser. The Food Revolution Group (FOD), who acquired The Original Juice Co brand from Golden Circle last year, are diversifying their line into alcohol based hand sanitiser, which is experiencing an unprecedented consumer demand amid global panic over the COVID-19 outbreak. Managing
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As the economic fall out from the Coronavirus outbreak continues, resulting travel restrictions and drops in global demand for fuel are driving down fuel prices. The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) price per barrel sat at US$55.51 on Monday, down from $58.94 on January 31. While financial media company Bloomberg reported Citigroup have
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Personal hygiene sales are rising in line with global panic as the Coronavirus continues to spread. Olympian Products said they have seen a whopping 45% increase in sales of their antiseptic wipes over the last week. They have also reported a spike in surgical face masks. It comes as panicked customers reported chemists across the
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