The 7-Eleven wage repayment scheme has so far repaid over $110 million in unpaid wages. However former wage repayment chairman Professor Allan Fels has raised concerns about minimal fines. The current payout has eclipsed penalties under existing laws and raised questions about a new law that the Federal Government has proposed, Sydney Morning Herald reported. […]
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Consumers are expanding their eating habits to include healthier options and brands are taking advantage of these opportunities to capitalise on growth within the category, research from Information Resources Incorporated (IRi) has shown. An IRi shopper survey found that 62% of Australians said that nutritional information displayed on the packet affected their purchasing habits; 53%
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A store in New York has been taken over by an entire range of felted products in a bid to warn people about the loss of community spaces. British artist Lucy Sparrow said: “I want the work to make people think about the loss of community spaces when these small corner shops disappear; to remind
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Mr Yousaf, founder of data gathering and analysis service Kalido, said there’s a lot of room to build on the digital side of C-store sales, and that Australia is lagging behind the rest of the world.
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Lion Dairy and Drinks (LDD) has posted a sales increase of 19 percent, proving that the company’s three major fresh milk brands had benefited from the 2016 dairy crisis. In 2016 a campaign against cheap supermarket milk encouraged customers to purchase other brands that paid higher farm gate prices to dairy farmers. As Australia’s fourth-biggest
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That’s why C&I Week chose to join the Australasian Association of Convenience Stores in its annual Downunder Study Tour, which this year was held in and around the progressive capital city of Melbourne.
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Cuts to penalty rates in the Retail Award will be phased in over four years, however retail lobbyists are unhappy about the decision.
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Soft drinks sold in Australia have higher levels of glucose than those sold in other countries around the world, a new study has shown. A report on the study titled The sugar content of soft drinks in Australia, Europe and the United States, stated that five samples of soft drink were tested from Australia, Europe and
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A former 7-Eleven store owner in Boston decided to test his luck by opening his own store under a rather inspired name: 6-Twelve. Store owner Abu Musa waged a war with the convenience store giant by opening his own store across the road from the 7-Eleven he used to work in. “My goal is to
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The government is in favour of principles-based approach for product packaging in response to industry calls to review measurement labelling laws. The Australian government was responding to calls to address industry requests to cut red tape with options to change measurement marking placement rules. At present, a products exact weight and/or volume must appear on the
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The Victorian reginal hub of Horsham will be the site of the fifth Caltex Foodary petrol and convenience offer, as confirmed on the AACS Study Tour on Wednesday. Caltex will continue to expand its convenience offer through 2017, opening more Foodary outlets and grab-and-go food bars. Opening its first NSW store in Concord, the Foodary
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Cairns drivers have been hit with the highest petrol prices in Australia, a new report has found. According a petrol market study released by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) the average net profit of petrol stations in Cairns was around 38% higher than anywhere else in Australia in 2015-16. ACCC chairman Rod Sims
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Lion Dairy & Drinks (LDD) has launched its Milk Loves You Back campaign in a bid to educate and encourage Australians to drink more milk and increase their consumption of dairy. LDD marketing and innovations director Darryn Wallace said nine out of 10 Australians don’t get their recommended serves of dairy. “On top of that
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