The 11th edition of the AFGC CHEP Retail Index suggests that retailers may be in for a challenging trading period this Christmas, with year-on-year growth in retail sales slowing and a turn-around not expected in the remaining months of ...
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The board-commissioned inquiry committee at New Zealand dairy co-operative Fonterra has announced findings of the WPC80 precautionary recall. Led by a legal team from Chapman Tripp and two independent experts, the inquiry team has ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Fonterra, a New Zealand-based dairy co-operative, plans to introduce baby milk formula in China, with a pilot project already beginning in the city of Guangzhou. The nationwide sale of Anmum-brand infant milk powder is expected to begin ...
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Several Vietnamese manufacturers showing here this week are looking to capture a larger share of business in the U.S. market. Tran Anh Vu, left, Lien Thanh Furniture, and Patrick G. Harvey, Harick PTY Ltd. ?Jeff Dilley, left, Exsero ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
Simplot has been awarded a three-year contract worth A$16.5m by Australian retailer Woolworths to supply private label Select frozen vegetables. The supermarket chain said that the deal will lead to production of an additional 5,100 tons ...
A recent article in Decorative Glass Magazine reports decorative glass products continue to be hot ticket items for interior design. Glass is being used extensively in projects that range from walls to floors. With this in mind, Elite ...
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Canterbury District Health Board has settled its quake-related insurance claim and will receive the full amount available under its policy of $320 million. Bruce Matheson, CDHB chair, said it was a relief to have the claim settled. "It is ...
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New Zealand owned life insurer Pinnacle Life has added a new ‘tick box’, which enables policy owners to boost their accidental death coverage by 50% by increasing their current premiums by 20%. The company said that the new ...
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New Zealand-based Lewis Road Creamery has introduced a new line of organic Jersey milks, which is free of palm kernel expeller and permeate. Lewis Road Creamery Organic Jersey Milk is available in four flavors, including Non-Homogenised, ...
Stages Cycling's power meters will become available in Australia and New Zealand through FE Sports, a Queensland, Australia, distributor. Product should be on retail shelves by November. FE Sports is a family owned company that markets ...
Tags: Instruments, Meters, power meters
Knog is opening its second European office, this one in Germany and to be managed by David Burger. The Australian accessory brand opened its first European office last year, in France. Burger will be based in Heidelberg and plans to ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
Fonterra, a dairy co-operative in New Zealand, plans a N$72m ($60.72m) expansion project at its mozzarella plant in Clandeboye, Canterbury, aimed at strengthening its global foodservice capabilities. The foodservice segment includes full ...
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Murray Goulburn, an Australian diary co-operative, has launched a A$420m ($404m) bid to acquire Warrnambool Cheese and Butter (WCB), following Canada's Saputo C$378m bid earlier this month. The proposal would create one of the largest ...
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Pasquale Natuzzi sits in a Re-vive recliner, Natuzzi's performance movement chair introduction.HIGH POINT - It isn't often that a High Point Market showroom is completely silent, but on Friday night, it happened as a group of 150 dealers ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing, High Point Market, Re-Vive Recliner
Woolworths, an Australian retailer, is recalling certain Macro Organic baby food puree varieties due to a packaging fault which has the potential to cause spoilage, the Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) announced. The products ...
Tags: Woolworths, Baby Food