Coca-Cola Amatil today announced it had entered into a Heads of Agreement with global leader in resource management Veolia Australia and New Zealand, to explore opportunities for a recycled plastic processing plant in Australia. The potential recycling plant would focus on recycling PET plastic, which is the material used in plastic bottles. Coca-Cola Amatil’s Group […]
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Australian pasta brand, San Remo, has for the second-year running been named winner in the ‘2020 Product of the Year’ annual consumer awards, announced at a ceremony in Sydney last week. San Remo’s ‘Ready Pasta’ range was selected by Australian consumers as the top product in the ‘Pasta and Rice’ category. San Remo introduced the
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Coca-Cola Australia and Coca-Cola Amatil have today announced that all Coca-Cola soft drink brands (600ml and below) and all water brands (600ml and below) in Australia are now being produced in 100% recycled plastic bottles. This includes Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, Mount Franklin and Pump. This follows the announcement earlier in the year that Coca-Cola Amatil
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Australian iconic chocolate brand, Violet Crumble is this month celebrating one year of production back in Australia. Having been purchased from Nestle by Adelaide-based family-owned chocolatier, Robern Menz, the bar has experienced huge growth in sales and distribution, secured a US export deal, and introduced a number of new formats to consumers including the Bag,
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Remedy Drinks has launched a zingy new passionfruit kombucha to for summer stocked exclusively at 7-Eleven. According to the company, the new flavour combines the fragrant, fruity tang of passionfruit with the much-loved sweet and sour notes found in all Remedy Kombucha brews. Remedy Drinks Co-Founder Emmet Condon said the launch of the new flavour
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Shine+ has taken home the a Telstra Business Award for the Small and Succeeding category in NSW. We combine natural nootropics and ingredients in a tasty drink with low sugar and no artificial preservatives or sweeteners, providing a healthy option that helps people stay mentally alert and productive,” said Steve Chapman, Shine+Chief Executive Officer &
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7-Eleven Australia’s fuel app has hit two million downloads and Australian drivers have collectively saved more than $16.8 million dollars on their fuel since January 2017, according to the company. 7-Eleven Australia CEO, Angus McKay, said the company’s customers have benefited from locking in when prices are lower and redeeming over the following 7 days
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Kellogg’s Australia and Yume, an online B2B marketplace for the sale of quality surplus food, have announced a new partnership which enables Kellogg’s to sell any surplus raw materials that become available during the manufacturing process through to the Yume platform. The Yume platform enables food suppliers such as primary producers and manufacturers to safely sell their
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IGA has launched a series of new national TV commercials inspired by real stories. These TV adverts celebrate how IGA retailers ‘do things differently’ because they are independent and bring to life the special relationships they have with their local customers, communities and suppliers. The new TVCs continue with Aussie favourite, Shane Jacobson recounting things
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Australia’s workplace watchdog the Fair Work Ombudsman has fined major service station chain Westside Petroleum and three of its management staff for underpaying 22 employees a total of $62,393. Westside Petroleum were fined a total of $57,000 in penalties by the Fair Work Ombudsman. The underpayments occurred at 12 petrol stations for periods between July
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Energy company Z announced the launching of its first in-store Habitual Fix to make finding fresh food easier for those on the go. The Kiwi energy company’s first Habitual Fix opened at Z Royal Oak service station on Mt Albert Road and is offering a full menu of healthy, fresh food made in front of
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Coca-Cola Amatil will reduce its plastics use by a further 1,000 tonnes a year with the opening of a new high-tech bottling line in Indonesia which produces lightweight plastic bottles coated with a thin layer of glass for durability. Group managing director, Alison Watkins, said the company’s new ‘Affordable Single Serve Pack’ (ASSP) line was
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Casual retail employees are receiving an increased penalty rate for Saturday and evening work which kicked in from 1 October 2019. The increase has affected all businesses who employ casual staff under the General Retail Industry Award 2010. Casual staff are now receiving a rate of 135% for evening work Monday to Friday and 145%
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